Unlevel Playing Field - A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport

Klappentext This extraordinarily rich compendium of primary sources charts the significant! intertwining history of African Americans and sport. "The Unlevel Playing Field" contains more than 100 accounts taken from newspapers (both black and white)! periodicals! and autobiographies! by literary and sports figures! activists! historians! and others. 65 photos. Zusammenfassung Charts the intertwining histories of African Americans and sport. This book contains over 100 documents on both pioneering and modern-day athletes! ranging chronologically from a challenge issued by prizefighter Tom Molineaux in 1810 to contributions from commentators like Frederick Douglass! W E B Du Bois! James Baldwin! and Eldridge Cleaver.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick B. Miller, David K. Wiggins, David K. Miller Wiggins, David K./ Miller Wiggins
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2005
• EAN: 9780252072727
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07272-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Sport and Society; Sports and Society; Sport and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)