Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America

ISBN-13: 9780815627340 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 324 str.

David K. Wiggins

Opis

African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together 11 essays that explore this complex topic by sports studies scholar David K. Wiggins. In his writings, Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to climb their own racial mountain - their struggle to fully participate in sport while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride.