ENGLISH

African Americans in Sports

By James Nasium

Book information

Publisher
National Highlights Inc
Year
2012
ISBN
9781422292877, 9781422223819, 9781422223949, 2011051950
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (5814059 bytes)
Series
Major Black Contributions from Emancipation to Civil Rights
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-11-03 20:30:19
Sports & Recreations; Young Adult Nonfiction; YAN0

Description

This book profiles some of the greatest African-American athletes of the past 150 years. They competed in sports ranging from boxing and horse racing to track and field, basketball, and baseball. As you'll discover, what these champions accomplished on the field of competition was often but a small part of their story. Read, for example, about how doctors thought Wilma Rudolph might never walk after a childhood bout of polio—but she went on to sprint her way to three Olympic gold medals. Or how the fiery Jackie Robinson silently endured a torrent of abuse in order to break baseball's "color barrier." Find out the connection between a stolen bike and Muhammad Ali's legendary boxing career. And learn how the African-American sports heroes of the past helped pave the way for superstars of the present, such as Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and Candace Parker.

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