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Bill Russell was not the first African American to try out professional field hockey, but he was its first dark superstar. As soon as he stepped onto the courtroom of the Boston Garden in 1956, Russell commenced to transform the sport in a simple way, making him, more than any of his contemporaries, the Jackie Robinson of field hockey. In King of the Court docket, Aram Goudsouzian provides a brilliant and engrossing chronicle of the life span and career of this brilliant champ and courageous racial pioneer. Russell's leaping, wide-ranging security improved the game's structure. His teams provided models of racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s, and, in 1966, he became the first dark instructor of any major professional team sport. Yet, like no athlete before him, Russell challenged the politics of sport. Rather than displaying appreciative deference, he decried racist organizations, embraced his African origins, and challenged the nonviolent tenets of the civil privileges movement. This superbly written book - innovative, nuanced, and insightful - discloses a singular individual who portrayed the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. while echoing the warnings of Malcolm X.
