Playing Black

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Playing Black is written by Lynn Packer and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1548862045 (ISBN 10) and 9781548862046 (ISBN 13).

When a white, Manhattan, Kansas, high school junior volunteered as a guinea pig for a university research project, he had no idea he would become caught up in the conflict between old- and new-style basketball, a clash seeped in racism. Ken Tucker failed to make his high school team. But participating in a Kansas State University Athletic Department project to develop a perfect jump shot, he would satisfy his passion for the sport, even if it meant working longer hours at his part-time job and having fewer dates with the most famous girl in Kansas. The early '60s was a pivotal time for basketball, a sport then barely 70 years old. A point-shaving scandal abruptly ended the major influence Jewish players and coaches had on the sport. At the very same time, the game was transitioning from white to black domination. The old, methodical, feet-planted-to-the-floor style was giving way to more entertaining fast breaks, jump shots and slam-dunks.