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Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes
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Paperback. Contains twenty biographies of African American male and female athletes that furnish perspectives on the changing status of these athletes and how these changes mirrored the transformation of sports, American society, and civil rights legislation. This collection includes: Marshall Taylor, William Henry Lewis, Tiger Woods, and Venus Williams. Editor(s): Wiggins, David K. Num Pages: 472 pages, 19 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
The original essays in this comprehensive collection examine the lives and sports of famous and not-so-famous African American male and female athletes from the nineteenth century to today. Here are twenty insightful biographies that furnish perspectives on the changing status of these athletes and how these changes mirrored the transformation of sports, American society, and civil rights legislation.Some of the athletes discussed include Marshall Taylor (bicycling), William Henry Lewis (football), Jack Johnson, Satchel Paige, Jesse Owens, Joe Lewis, Alice Coachman (track and field), Althea Gibson (tennis), Wilma Rudolph, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Venus ... Read more
The original essays in this comprehensive collection examine the lives and sports of famous and not-so-famous African American male and female athletes from the nineteenth century to today. Here are twenty insightful biographies that furnish perspectives on the changing status of these athletes and how these changes mirrored the transformation of sports, American society, and civil rights legislation.Some of the athletes discussed include Marshall Taylor (bicycling), William Henry Lewis (football), Jack Johnson, Satchel Paige, Jesse Owens, Joe Lewis, Alice Coachman (track and field), Althea Gibson (tennis), Wilma Rudolph, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Venus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288769
SKU
V9781557288769
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99-15
About
David K. Wiggins, a leading authority on African American sports, is a professor and director of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University. He is the editor of a number of books in the field, including The Unlevel Playing Field and Sport and the Color Line, both edited with Patrick Miller, and is the author of ... Read more
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