Racial Discrimination in Sports: Unequal Opportunity for Equal Ability

Sociological Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-344

  Phillips, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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EID: 84937269091     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1997.10571084     Document Type: Article

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