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" African American icons of sport : "
edited by Matthew C. Whitaker.
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BL
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1011109
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b765479
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| Title & Author
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African American icons of sport : : triumph, courage, and excellence /\ edited by Matthew C. Whitaker.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Greenwood icons
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xxi, 309 pages :: illustrations ;; 27 cm.
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0313340285
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: 9780313340284
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
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| Contents
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Muhammad Ali -- Arthur Ashe -- Charles Barkley -- Barry Bonds -- Jim Brown -- Wilt Chamberlain -- George Foreman -- Althea Gibson -- The Harlem Globetrotters -- Derek Jeter -- Earvin "Magic" Johnson -- Jack Johnson -- Michael Jordan -- Florence Griffin Joyner -- Joe Louis -- Negro Baseball Leagues -- Shaquille O'Neal -- Jessie Owens -- Bill Pickett -- Eddie Robinson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Tommie Smith and John Carlos -- Venus and Serena Williams -- Tiger Woods.
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This volume offers an examination of African Americans in sports, from a variety of perspectives. It explores the history and lives of complex, multi-layered personages and groups. Also examined is the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed greatly to the rise, and sometimes fall, of these powerful symbols of athletic, individual, and group excellence.
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African American athletes, Biography.
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African American athletes.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.092/396073B
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GV697.A1A353 2008
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Whitaker, Matthew C.
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