Latino and African American Athletes Today: A Biographical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0313320489
- ISBN-13
- 9780313320484
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / General
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- David L. Porter
Description
This is the first comprehensive, multisport biographical resource to concentrate exclusively on notable African American and Latino American athletes of the last quarter century.
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