Arthur Wharton 1865-1930: an Absence of Memory
Vasili, Phil
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Hardback
272 pages
Illustrations, Bibliography, Index
Published: 1998
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
ISBN / EAN: 0714649031
Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found him a supreme irritation, and he
