Better Than the Best - Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2007

Informationen zum Autor John C. Walter is professor emeritus of American ethnic studies, University of Washington. He is the author of The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones and Tammamy and coeditor (with Johnnella Butler) of Transforming the Curriculum: Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies . In 1953 he came to the United States from Jamaica on a track scholarship to Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Malina Iida is a student at William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sam Lacy | Sports Journalism 2. Mal Whitfield | Track and Field 3. Mae Faggs Starr | Track and Field 4. Don Benning, Ed.D. | Wrestling 5. Lenny Wilkens | Basketball 6. Ken Hudson | NBA Referee 7. Arthur Ashe Jr. | Tennis 8. Wyomia Tyus | Track and Field 9. Alan Page, J.D. | Football 10. Jennifer Johnson | Paralympic Table Tennis 11. Nikki Franke, ED.D. | Fencing 12. Peter Westbrook | Fencing 13. Maurice Smith | Martial Arts Black Athletes Interviewed for the Blacks in Sports Oral History Project Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: John C. (EDT)/ Iida Walter, John C. Iida Walter
• Assisted by: Malina Iida (Editor), John C Walter (Editor), John C. Walter (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780295996837
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99683-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: V Ethel Willis White Books; V Ethel Willis White Books; Better than the Best
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore