Discrimination in sports - United States
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”–Ebony
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American… [more below]- Author: Rhoden, William C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0307353141
- Language: English
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Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball’s Civil War
$34.95 Add to cartWhen the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integr… [more below]
- Author: Lamb, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496219457
- Language: English
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We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality
$24.95 Read moreIn this exceedingly timely book, Louis Moore looks at the history of Black activist athletes and the important role of the Black community in insisting that the concept of fair play should apply not o
- Series: Race and Sports
- Author: Moore, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0813153808
- Language: English
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Women on Wheels: The Scandalous Untold Histories of Women in Bicycling
$16.95 Read moreA feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two wheels. This vivacious tale, peppered with fascinating details from primary sources, sho… [more below]
- Series: Bicycle Revolution
- Author: Streeter, April
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1621062074
- Language: English
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Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar
$20.95 Read moreMeet Mabel Fairbanks, the skating superstar who became the first Black athlete inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
After watching ice skaters glide and spin at a rink in Central Park, Mab
- Author: Hubbard, Crystal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1620149567
- Language: English
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Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football
$32.00 Read moreAn acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit transformed the NFL
In Rocket Men, John Eisenberg offers the definitive history of Black quarterbacks in
- Author: Eisenberg, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600401
- Language: English
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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA
$30.00 Read moreA vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA
Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NB- Author: Runstedtler, Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1645036952
- Language: English
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The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
$32.50 Add to cart“Indispensable history.” -Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of The Right Call
A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved fro- Author: Maccambridge, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538706695
- Language: English
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
$32.00 Read moreWASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023
KIRKUS REVIEWS’ BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2023 SHORLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR “A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American s- Author: Jacobs, Sally H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1250246555
- Language: English
