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Remember their sacrifice : stories of unheralded athletes of color / Arif Khatib, Pete Elman ; [foreword by Dave Zirin]

Khatib, Arif, 1934- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Elman, Pete [Verfasserin/Verfasser] ; Zirin, Dave [Verfass. einer Einleitung]

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] [©2023]

1 Online-Ressource (211 Seiten) : Porträts

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Remember their sacrifice / Arif Khatib (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-5381-7198-1

978-1-5381-7197-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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LOC-SH: Discrimination in sports-United States-History

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 Olympic gold; Sammy Lee, the great Asian American diver who won Olympic gold, and more.

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Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Book -- Introduction -- 1 A Trailblazer Has No Regrets Pumpsie Green -- 2 The Gold at the End of the Race Alice Coachman -- 3 "If Pete Brown Ain't Coming, I Ain't Coming"Pete Brown -- 4 Time to Play by "the Rule" Spencer Haywood -- 5 Baseball's Triple Trailblazer Toni Stone -- 6 An American Dreamer Dives to Glory Dr. Sammy Lee -- 7 His Best Was Sure Good Enough Burl Toler -- 8 The Journey of Happiness Billy Mills -- 9 Running Down the Base Paths of Life Mamie "Peanut" Johnson -- 10 The Joy of Flying Archie Williams -- 11 Sistas on the Links of Love Janet Johnson -- 12 The Man Who Risked It All Curt Flood -- 13 Breaking through to Awesome Dr. Tae Yun Kim -- 14 Legend of the Long Jump and the Law Edward Gourdin -- 15 The Latin Legend Who Broke the Seal Emilio Navarro -- 16 Breaking Records across the Pacific Chi Cheng -- 17 From the Football Field to the Battlefield Eugene Evans and Eli Page Howard -- 18 Age Is Just a Number Irene Obera -- 19 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.