The Black Athlete as Hero: American Barrier Breakers from Nine Sports

ISBN-13: 9781476678863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 253 str.

Joseph Dorinson

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Hero Defined
• Section One—Boxing
•  1. Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Ray Robinson, and Muhammad Ali
• Section Two—Track and Field
•  2. Jesse Owens, Harrison Dillard and Mal Whitfield, and Rafer Johnson
•  3. Wilma Rudolph, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the Joyner Connection, and Carl Lewis
• Section Three—Football
•  4. Duke Slater, J. Mayo Williams, and Other Pathbreakers in the College and Pro Ranks
•  5. Fritz Pollard and Paul Robeson
•  6. Jim Brown and Black Quarterbacks
• Section Four—Baseball
•  7. Black Players in Baseball Before Integration
•  8. Jackie Robinson
•  9. Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella, Monte Irvin and Larry Doby
• 10. Willie Mays, Ed Charles, Henry Aaron, Frank Robinson, and Ernie Banks
• 11. Bill White and Curt Flood
• 12. Minnie Miñoso, Vic Power, and Roberto Clemente
• Section Five—Tennis
• 13. Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena Williams, and Naomi Osaka
• Part Six—Basketball
• 14. The Harlem Renaissance Five
• 15. Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson
• 16. Elgin Baylor, Connie Hawkins, and Dr. J
• 17. Kareem ­Abdul-Jabbar and Earvin "Magic" Johnson
• 18. Charlie Scott and Michael Jordan
• 19. LeBron James and Kobe Bryant
• 20. Ora Washington, Lynette Woodard, Cheryl Miller, Lisa Leslie, Cynthia ­Cooper-Dyke, and Maya Moore
• Section 7—Golf, Hockey, Gymnastics
• 21. Tiger Woods, Willie O'Ree, and Simone Biles
• Conclusion
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index