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African American Icons of Sport Triumph, Courage, and Excellence
Matthew C. Whitaker, ed.
ISBN: 0-313-34028-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34028-4
336 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2008
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects:
Series Title: Greenwood Icons
Reviews:
  • "African American Icons of Sport covers a wide range of sports and includes Shaquille O'Neal, Wilma Rudolph, George Forman, Magic Johnson, the Williams sisters, and many more. Readers at the secondary level and up also learn about the Negro Baseball League, efforts to desegregate various sports, and other general topics in this encyclopedia volume. Articles authored by subject experts provide details about the lives and legacies of the most successful and influential Black athletes, teams, and coaches."
    —MultiCultural Review     12/1/2008
  • "This text provides an overview of African American sport icons. The editor and authors have created a well-researched and well-written text that is likely to be a valuable and useful resource for individuals that are interested in this topic. ...This is a well-written and well-edited text that is likely to complement personal and professional libraries."
    —ARBAonline     5/1/2009
Description: This title offers an examination of African Americans in sports, from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles, and illuminates the history of highly successful and influential individuals, athletes and teams who have transcended mere celebrity to come to represent a given Zeitgeist to a sizable part of the world. It also explores the history and lives of complex, multi-layered personages and groups. Finally, it examines the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed greatly to the rise, and sometimes fall, of the these powerful symbols of athletic, individual, and group excellence.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Photos
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Arthur Ashe
    3. Charles Barkley
    4. Barry Bonds
    5. Jim Brown
    6. Wilt Chamberlain
    7. George Foreman
    8. Althea Gibson
    9. Harlem Globetrotters
    10. Derrick Derek Jeter
    11. Earvin Magic Johnson
    12. Jack Johnson
    13. Michael Jordan
    14. Florence Griffin Joyner
    15. Joe Louis
    16. Negro Baseball Leagues
    17. Shaquille ONeal
    18. Jessie Owens
    19. Bill Pickett
    20. Eddie Robinson
    21. Wilma Rudolph
    22. Tommie Smith and John Carlos
    23. Venus and Serena Williams
    24. Tiger Woods
    About the Editor and Contributors
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: MATTHEW C. WHITAKER is Associate Professor of United States History, African and American Studies, and Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. His articles have appeared in many journals and encyclopedias, and his latest book is titled Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
Pop Culture Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
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