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Author:
Mooney, Carla, 1970-
Title:
African Americans in sports [eBook] / Carla Mooney.
Format:
[eBook] /
Publisher:
Lucent Books,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 online resource (112 p.) : ill. (some col.).
Subject:
African American athletes--History.
Sports--United States--History.
Discrimination in sports--United States--History.
African American athletes--Social conditions.
Other Authors:
Gale Group.
Notes:
Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
ch 1. African Americans in nineteenth-century sports -- ch 2. Playing in separate leagues -- ch 3. Breaking the color line -- ch 4. An uneven progress -- ch 5. The civil rights era : athletes speak for change -- ch 6. Rising to the top.
Summary:
Places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story. This volume covers African Americans in sports.
Series:
Lucent library of Black history
Gale virtual reference library
ISBN:
1420508636
9781420508635 (electronic book)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)775570931
Locations:
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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