First published: 20151 languageISBN: 9781442217898
Description
Weaving together the history of the black athlete in America and the experience of blackness in Mormon theology, the author tells the story of Brandon Davies' dismissal from Brigham Young University's NCAA playoff basketball team, analyzing the thorny intersection of race and sport at BYU and the challenges facing African American athletes in general in the NCAA today.--From publisher description.