Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
Contents:
A trailblazer has no regrets: Pumpsie Green -- The gold at the end of the race: Alice Coachman -- "If Pete Brown ain't coming, I ain't coming": Pete Brown -- Time to play by "the rule": Spencer Haywood -- Baseball's triple trailblazer: Toni Stone -- An American dreamer dives to glory: Dr. Sammy Lee -- His best was sure good enough: Burl Toler -- The journey of happiness: Billy Mills -- Running down the base paths of life: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson -- The joy of flying: Archie Williams -- Sistas on the links of love: Janet Johnson -- The man who risked it all: Curt Flood -- Breaking through to awesome: Dr. Tae Yun Kim -- Legend of the long jump and the law: Edward Gourdin -- The Latin legend who broke the seal: Emilio Navarro -- Breaking records across the Pacific: Chi Cheng -- From the football field to the battlefield: Eugene Evans and Eli Page Howard -- Age is just a number: Irene Obera -- Additional unsung heroes: The Renaissance trailblazer: Don Barksdale ; Beyond the finish line: Mal Whitfield ; Three centuries of baseball: Silas Simmons ; Born to run: Willye White ; The godfather of judo: Yoshihiro Uchida ; Prince of the Peloton: Marshall "Major" Taylor ; "Put in the batboy!": Joe Reliford ; A life in the sweet science: Thell Torrence ; The checkered flag: Willy T. Ribbs ; The shot heard around the world: Joe Gaetjens ; Pioneer of the diamond, ace of the ice: Manny McIntyre ; Mentor of the ring and pitch: Julius Menendez ; A winner never quits: Eddie Hart ; With pen and paper, he made his mark: Sam Lacy ; He told it like it was: "Big Sam" Skinner.
Summary:
"This book tells the incredible stories of a special group of athletes, unheralded men and women of color who broke barriers for those that followed, including Pumpsie Green, the first Black player for the Red Sox; Alice Coachman, the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal; and Sammy Lee, the great Asian American diver who won Olympic gold"-- Provided by publisher.
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