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W.e.bDubois Called For ANegro Elite, The Talented Tenth Of The African American Population To Become The Leaders Of The RaceThis Is The Story Of APortion Of That Intelligentsia, True Renaissance Men Whose Talents Extended Beyond Scholarship To The Fields Of Sport And Athletic CompetitionThey Were Scholarathletes Who Found Themselves Immersed In AVirtually Allwhite Privileged And Patrician World Of Classical Studies And Old World AttitudesFor The Most Part, They Achieved Far Beyond The Expectations Of APrejudiced WorldThey Became Champions, Allamericans And Olympians, Later, Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Clergy, Businessmen And Political LeadersDubois Was Seeking Such Men, Although He Did Not Likely Consider Athletic Participation As APart Of The EquationToday We Recognize The Contributions Made By Such Athletes As Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson And Muhammad Ali To The Ascension Of The African AmericanThe Men In These Pages, Epitomized By The Likes Of William Henry Lewis, Fritz Pollard And Paul Robeson, Helped Pave The Way For Those Great Athletes, At The Same Time Demonstrating That The Scholar Athlete Came From Diverse Social, Economic, Ethnic And Racial BackgroundsSport And The Talented Tenth Is The First Book To Focus Entirely On Early African American Athletes In Predominantly White Colleges And UniversitiesBob Wells Has Discovered Black Men Who, Between And , Performed In Athletics At Colleges In The New England States, New York, New Jersey And PennsylvaniaTheir Athletic Experiences Included Involvement In Sports And Are Detailed Gamebygame, MeetbymeetAttention Is Paid To The Problems They Faced The Prejudice, Discrimination And Outright Racism Of Classmates, Teammates, Opposing Athletes, And The Unwritten Social Policies Of Opposing AdministrationsAn Examination Of Their Family Backgrounds, Athletic Achievements, Wartime Service And Post graduate Careers Is Discussed In AConcluding Synthesis'