Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town

Art Chansky

ISBN 10: 1469630389 / ISBN 13: 9781469630380

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 2016

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This is a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy in a fine, as new, mylar protected DJ, black spine. Inscribed on the title page: "To Andy, Best always & Go Heels, Art Chansky". and also inscribed on the front flyleaf: Best of Luck , Andy, Phil Ford. [Yes, the great Phil Ford]. Seller Inventory # 089082

Bibliographic Details

Title: Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, ...

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men’s basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawn together by college basketball in a time of momentous change, Smith and Scott helped transform a university, a community, and the racial landscape of sports in the South. But there is much more to this story than is commonly told. In Game Changers, Art Chansky reveals an intense saga of race, college sport, and small-town politics. At the center were two young men, Scott and Smith, both destined for greatness but struggling through challenges on and off the court, among them the storms of civil rights protest and the painfully slow integration of a Chapel Hill far less progressive than its reputation today might suggest.

Drawing on extensive personal interviews and a variety of other sources, Chansky takes readers beyond the basketball court to highlight the community that supported Smith and Scott during these challenging years, from assistant basketball coach John Lotz to influential pastor the Reverend Robert Seymour to pioneering African American mayor Howard Lee. Challenging many myths that surround this period, Chansky nevertheless offers an ultimately triumphant portrait of a student-athlete and coach who ensured the University of North Carolina would never be the same.

About the Author:

Art Chansky is a veteran sportswriter and author of several books on UNC basketball, including Light Blue Reign and Blue Blood.