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The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central
High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide
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In the spring of 1968, the Omaha Central High School basketball team made history with its first all-black starting lineup. Their nickname, the Rhythm Boys, captured who they were and what they did on the court. Led by star center Dwaine Dillard, the Rhythm Boys were a shoo-in to win the state championship. But something happened on their way to glory. In early March, segregationist George Wallace, in a third-party presidential bid, made a campaign stop in Omaha. By the time he left town, Dillard was in jail, his coach was caught between angry political factions, and the city teetered on the edge of racial violence. So began the Nebraska state high school basketball tournament the next day, caught in the vise of history. The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central tells a true story about high school basketball, black awakening and rebellion, and innocence lost in a watershed year. The drama of civil rights in 1968 plays out in this riveting social history of sports, politics, race, and popular culture in the American heartland.
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UNP - Bison Original; March 2011
264 pages; ISBN 9780803235298
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Title: The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central
Author: Steve Marantz; Susie Buffett
264 pages; ISBN 9780803235298
Read online, or download in secure PDF format
Title: The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central
Author: Steve Marantz; Susie Buffett
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