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Black Diamond
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Patricia McKissack |
Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell. |
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Dwight Howard
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John Fawaz |
"Since his record-breaking rookie season, Dwight Howard has become one of the NBA's hottest stars. He's already helped the U.S. men's basketball team win the gold, and he's just getting started! Get … |
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What's his is mine
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Daaimah S. Poole |
Searching for the kind of happiness only money can buy, four women, all of whom are involved with pro athletes, discover that the price of wealth is higher than they imagined. |
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The Berlin Olympics, 1936
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James P. Barry |
Discusses the background and significance of events of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, emphasizing the effect of the black American athletes' victories on Hitler's theories of Nordic supremacy. |
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Globetrotting
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Damion L. Thomas |
x, 209 pages ; 23 cm |
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Walk-on
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Thom Gossom |
Gossom did not set out to be a groundbreaker. He did not apply to Auburn University with the goal of being the first black athlete to graduate from the almost all-white college. He just knew he wante… |
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A level playing field
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Gerald Lyn Early |
As Americans, we believe there ought to be a level playing field for everyone. Even if we don't expect to finish first, we do expect a fair start. Only in sports have African Americans actually found… |
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The Black Bruins
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Johnson, James W. |
"The intertwined story of five influential African American athletes who came together as teammates at UCLA in the 1930s" --
"The Black Bruins chronicles the inspirational lives of five African Amer… |
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Harnessing Anger
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Peter Westbrook,Tej Hazarika |
191 p. : 22 cm |
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Contemporary Black biography
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Galè |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, inc… |
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Contemporary Black biography
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Gale |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, inc… |
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Bring on the sword!
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Dana White |
Chronicles the life of Peter Westbrook, a fencing expert and Olympic champion who introduced the sport of fencing to many inner city children. |
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Black champions challenge American sports
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Wally Jones |
Discusses, decade by decade, outstanding black athletes and their contributions to the world of sports from 1870 to the present. |
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Not the Triumph but the Struggle
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Amy Bass |
"Jesse Owens. Muhammad Ali. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. All are iconic black athletes, as are Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the African American track and field medalists who raised black-gloved fis… |
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