African Americans in Sports
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African Americans in Sports
By David K. WigginsRoy. CAMPANELLA. Born November 19, 1921, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died June 26, 1993, Los Angeles, California Baseball player Before Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Piazza, and Johnny Bench, there was Roy Campanella. The first black catcher in ...
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African Americans in Sports
By Gary A. SailesMany chapters were originally published as a special issue of the 'Journal of African American Men.' This volume should be read by all those involved in athletics, as well as by sports sociologists and African American studies scholars.
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African Americans in Sports
By Gary A. SailesIndeed, Jan Cameron addressed the International Olympic Academy in July 1993 and commented that the ethic of sport has a gendered and English background, noting that: “The form of sport which was considered legitimate was determined by ...
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African Americans in Sports
By David K. WigginsBorn May 21, 1923, Paducah, Kentucky Basketball coach Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines is a basketball legend. The son of Lester and Olivia Bolen Gaines, he excelled academically and athletically at Lincoln High School in Paducah, KY.
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African Americans in Sports
By James NasiumThis book profiles some of the greatest African-American athletes of the past 150 years.
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African Americans in Sports: Groundbreakers and Game Changers
By Tamra B. Orr46. Quoted in Jones and Paolucci, Say It Loud, p. 76. 47. Quoted in Vecsey, “Indomitable Russell.” 48. Quoted in Russell T. Wigginton, The Strange Career of the Black Athlete. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006 ...
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African Americans in Sports
By Carla MooneyThe Strange Career of the Black 54. Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002, p. 271. 55. 56. 57. Athlete. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006, p. 52. Quoted in Wigginton, The Strange Career ...
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African Americans in Sports: M-Z
By David Kenneth WigginsContains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the contributions of African-Americans to sports, covering individual players, sports, teams, institutions and organizations, key personnel, cultural themes, and social issues. Includes...
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African Americans in Sports: Groundbreakers and Game Changers
By Tamra Orr"Portions of this book originally appeared in African Americans in Sports by Carla Mooney."
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African Americans in Sports
By Gary A. SailesMany chapters were originally published as a special issue of the 'Journal of African American Men.' This volume should be read by all those involved in athletics, as well as by sports sociologists and African American studies scholars.
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African Americans in Sports
By Carla MooneyThe book relates the accomplishments of trailblazers as well as the discrimination, insults, and physical violence they endured to open the doors of opportunity for black athletes around the country.
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African Americans in Sports
By Gary SailesAfrican Americans in Sports
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African Americans in Sports: Contemporary Themes
By Gary Alan SailesAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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African Americans in Sports
By James NasiumThis book profiles some of the greatest African-American athletes of the past 150 years.