African American Icons of Sport

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African American Icons of Sport Triumph, Courage, and Excellence

Matthew C. Whitaker

Book Code: GR4028

ISBN: 0-313-34028-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34028-4

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336 pages, photos

Greenwood Press

Publication: 4/30/2008

List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 7 x 10

Subjects:

Multicultural Studies » Black Studies
Popular Culture » Sports

Series Title: Greenwood Icons

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. Icons of African American Sports includes articles on:- The Williams Sisters - Shaquille O'Neal - Jim Brown - Harlem Globetrotters - Jack Johnson - Carl Lewis - Jesse Owens - Joe Louis - Magic Johnson - Wilma Rudolph - Muhammad Ali - Barry Bonds - Dominique Dawes - Negro Baseball Leagues - Arthur Ashe - George Foreman - and others. Icons of African American Sports is a worthwhile study and a desperately needed contribution to the fields of African American history, United States history and sports history. <;R>

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

LC Card Number: 2007052945

LCC Class: GV697

Dewey Class: 796

PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf	Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
Pop Culture Spring 2008.pdf	Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf


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