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Across the Line: Profiles in Basketball Courage: Tales of the First Black Players in the ACC and SEC | 
 enlarge | Author: Barry Jacobs
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 326278
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 1599210428
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323630973
EAN: 9781599210421
ASIN: 1599210428
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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Product Description
Across the Line recounts the experiences of the pioneering African-American basketball players at 18 schools in the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences, the South's most prominent, historically white intercollegiate leagues.
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 Important Stories Well Told February 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the most important "sports" books you'll ever read. The stories of the student-athletes who crossed the color line at southern universities are remarkable, particularly given that most of their experiences are only a generation or so old. The book is incredibly well-researched; unfortunately, the same can't be said for another review on this site. The Auburn player who committed suicide was Henry Harris, and the author explains that he did so two years after he left the school. He did not jump out of a dorm-room window. If you are going to accuse someone of getting the facts wrong on a public forum, be very sure you have at least read what they have written and can prove a factual error. If you care about civil rights, history, and/or the culture of American sports, this book tells invaluable and untold stories.
 Correct Information? February 11, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was watching a interview about this book on a news segment and I was very interested in reading Across the Line. However, now I am apprehensive about purchasing this book. I would like to point out a fact the author referred to in his book that I am finding to be untrue. When the author was telling about the Auburn player no. 31 (I didn't catch the player's name), and how the player unfortunately jumped out of a window to his death from a 13th story dorm at Auburn University. I am an Auburn University graduate and I know Auburn has never had a 13 story dorm. In fact, the "skyscraper" of Lee County, Alabama (as of 1999) was the 9 story building of Haley Center on Auburn's Campus, and indeed it is not a dormitory, but rather the home of many colleges such as the college of education, political science, psychology,etc.
I find it disrespectful to this Auburn player to have his death remembered incorrectly in a book that is supposed discuss his struggles and the struggles of others trying to break "across the line" in college basketball. Also, it makes me wonder what other information/facts is incorrect in this book.
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