Out of the Shadows : A Biographical History of African American Athletes.
Title:
Out of the Shadows : A Biographical History of African American Athletes.
Author:
Wiggins, David K.
ISBN:
9781610752954
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (474 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- I. Striving for Athletic Success in a Jim Crow Society -- 1. Jimmy Winkfield: The "Black Maestro" of the Racetrack -- 2. Marshall "Major" Taylor: The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World -- 3. The Strange Career of William Henry Lewis -- 4. Jack Johnson and the Quest for Racial Respect -- II. Fashioning a World of Sport behind Segregated Walls and on the International Stage -- 5. Ora Washington: The First Black Female Athletic Star -- 6. Satchel Paige's Struggle for Selfhood in the Era of Jim Crow -- 7. Jesse Owens: Leading Man in Modern American Tales of Racial Progress and Limits -- 8. Joe Louis, Boxing, and American Culture -- 9. Alice Coachman: Quiet Champion of the 1940s -- 10. Jackie Robinson: Racial Pioneer and Athlete Extraordinaire in an Era of Change -- III. The Fight for Civil Rights through Athletic Performance, Persuasion, and Protest -- 11. "Jackie Robinson without the Charm" : The Challenges of Being Althea Gibson -- 12. Wilma Rudolph: The Making of an Olympic Icon -- 13. Bill Russell: Pioneer and Champion of the Sixties -- 14. Jim Brown: Superlative Athlete, Screen Star, Social Activist -- 15. Muhammad Ali: Flawed Rebel with a Cause -- 16. "The Quiet Militant" : Arthur Ashe and Black Athletic Activism -- IV. Race, Sport, and Celebrity Culture -- 17. Bound by Blackness or Above It? Michael Jordan and the Paradoxes of Post-Civil Rights American Race Relations -- 18. "Race," Family, and Nation: The Significance of Tiger Woods in American Culture -- 19. "Ghetto Cinderellas" : Venus and Serena Williams and the Discourse of Racism -- Notes -- Bibliographical Note -- Contributors -- Index -- Index.
Abstract:
David K. Wiggins, a leading authority on African American sports, is a professor and director of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University. He is the editor of a number of books in the field, including The Unlevel Playing Field and Sport and the Color Line, both edited with Patrick Miller, and is the author of Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White World.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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