Out of the Shadows de David K. Wiggins

Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes

David K. Wiggins

The original essays in this comprehensive collection examine the lives and sports of famous and not-so-famous African American male and female athletes from the nineteenth century to today. Here are twenty insightful biographies that furnish perspectives on the changing status of these athletes and how these changes mirrored the transformation of sports, American society, and civil rights legislation. Some of the athletes discussed include Marshall Taylor (bicycling), William Henry Lewis (football), Jack Johnson, Satchel Paige, Jesse Owens, Joe Lewis, Alice Coachman (track and field), Althea Gibson (tennis), Wilma Rudolph, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams.

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“Edited by the U.S.’s foremost historian of African American athletes. . . the 19 contributors are as varied as the athletes. Some are members of the ‘sports-historical establishment,’ others are at the start of their careers, and one, Gerald Early, is a distinguished literary scholar. Wiggins chose them well. They meet his high standards. . . . Essential.” —Allen Guttmann, Choice Magazine “This book examines 100 years of race relations, using 20 athletes as a lens on American society. Some names are familiar—Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson—but others are mostly unknown today—Jimmy Winkfield, Ora Washington. Each entry contains information about the athlete’s career and post-career life, as well as an analysis of the role race played in the individual’s success. . . . Should find a place in larger libraries.” —School Library Journal “Wiggins has done a splendid job of rounding up first-rate historians. . . . As probably the foremost authority on African American sports, Wiggins has provided the connective tendons to hold the body of essays together. . . . Job well done.” —Randy Roberts, author of Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes “Highly recommended. . . . The diversity in terms of time periods and personalities should help attract a broad readership. . . . Strongly grounded in research, with a mixture of historical facts and scholarly analysis. . . . It will be well received.” —Charles K. Ross, author of Outside the Line and editor of Race and Sport.

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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.

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Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes

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Preț: 191^.67 lei