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Author:

Plowden, Martha Ward.

Title:

Olympic Black women / Martha Ward Plowden ; illustrated by Ronald Jones.

Publisher:

Pelican Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American women athletes--Biography.
Olympics--History.
Sportives noires américaines--Biographies.
Jeux olympiques--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174).

Contents:

History of the ancient Olympics -- History of the modern Olympics -- Evelyn Ashford -- Valerie Brisco-Hooks -- Earlene Brown -- Chandra Cheeseborough -- Alice Coachman -- Isabelle Daniel -- Gail Devers -- Mae Faggs -- Barbara Ferrell -- Benita Fitzgerald-Brown -- Zina Garrison -- Florence Griffith-Joyner -- Martha Hudson -- Barbara Jones -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Mildred McDaniel -- Edith McGuire -- Madeline Manning -- Margaret Matthews -- Wilma Rudolph -- Gwen Torrence -- Wyomia Tyus -- Martha Watson -- Willye White -- Lucinda Williams -- Athlete organizations -- Black women in the Olympics -- Olympic sites.

ISBN:

9781565540804 (alk. paper)
1565540808 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

95032067

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)