Remember Their Sacrifice - Stories of Unheralded Athletes of Color

This book tells the incredible stories of a special group of athletes, unheralded men and women of color who broke barriers for those that followed, including Pumpsie Green, the first Black player for the Red Sox; Alice Coachman, the first Black woman to win Olympic gold; Sammy Lee, the great Asian American diver who won Olympic gold, and more.

About the author

By Arif Khatib and Pete Elman - Foreword by Dave Zirin

Product details

• Authors: Pete Elman, Arif Khatib, Arif Elman Khatib
• Assisted by: Zirin Dave (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781538171974
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7197-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, history of sport, Biography: sport, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, Yoshihiro Uchida