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In these engaging and forthright interviews, thirteen African American athletes talk about how they endured through pain, loneliness, and rejection to become champions. In sports as diverse as football and fencing, wrestling and track and field, these men and women triumphed over the odds to become better than the best. Their legacy is in their accomplishments and in their determination to continue contributing to the societal transformation their efforts helped make possible.
Arthur Ashe Jr. (tennis)
Don Benning (wrestling)
Nikke Franke (fencing)
Ken Hudson (NBA referee)
Jennifer Johnson (Paralympics table tennis)
Sam Lacy (baseball and journalism)
Alan Page (football)
Maurice Smith (martial arts)
Mae Faggs Starr (track and field)
Wyomia Tyus (track and field)
Peter Westbrook (fencing)
Mal Whitfield (track and field)
Lenny Wilkens (basketball)
Arthur Ashe Jr. (tennis)
Don Benning (wrestling)
Nikke Franke (fencing)
Ken Hudson (NBA referee)
Jennifer Johnson (Paralympics table tennis)
Sam Lacy (baseball and journalism)
Alan Page (football)
Maurice Smith (martial arts)
Mae Faggs Starr (track and field)
Wyomia Tyus (track and field)
Peter Westbrook (fencing)
Mal Whitfield (track and field)
Lenny Wilkens (basketball)
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This collection of thirteen engaging and forthright interviews brings together the life stories of Black athletes who have risen to the top rank of their sport since the early 1950s.
These engaging and forthright interviews bring together the life stories of thirteen black athletes who have risen to the top rank of their sport. In revealing and fascinating detail, these athletes describe how they succeeded in the face of often daunting odds, often the result of economic barriers and racist attitudes and practices.
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- PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0295990538
- ISBN 13 9780295990538
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
- EditorWalter John C., Iida Malina
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