Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes Paperback - 2008
by David K. Wiggins (Editor)
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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 and Serena Williams.
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- Title Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes
- Author David K. Wiggins (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 472
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville
- Date 2008-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781557288769 / 1557288763
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 8.89 x 6.16 x 1.21 in (22.58 x 15.65 x 3.07 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006019218
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.092
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