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Better than the best : Black athletes speak, 1920-2007 / edited by John C. Walter and Malina Iida.
- Title
- Better than the best : Black athletes speak, 1920-2007 / edited by John C. Walter and Malina Iida.
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV697.A1 B48 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxvi, 264 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Athletes describe how they succeeded in the face of often daunting odds, some due to economic barriers and most the result of racist attitudes and practices. From publisher description.
- Series Statement
- A V Ethel Willis White book
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- V Ethel Willis White book.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Sam Lacey: sports journalism -- Mal Whitfield: track and field -- Mae Faggs Starr: track and field -- Don Benning, Ed. D.: Wrestling -- Lenny Wilkens: Basketball -- Ken Hudson: NBA referee -- Arthur Ashe, Jr.: tennis -- Wyomia Tyus: track and field -- Alan Page, J.D.: football -- Jennifer Johnson: paralympic table tennis -- Nikki Franke, Ed. D.: fencing -- Peter Westbrook: fencing -- Maurice Smith: martial arts -- Black athletes interviewed for the Blacks in Sports Oral History Project.
- ISBN
- 9780295990538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0295990538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010031726
- OCLC
- 613433448
- SCSB-12276987
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library