Broschiertes Buch

Better than the Best

Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2007

Herausgeber: Walter, John C; Iida, Malina

Beschreibung

These engaging and forthright interviews bring together the life stories of thirteen black athletes who have risen to the top rank of their sport. In revealing and fascinating detail, these athletes describe how they succeeded in the face of often daunting odds, often the result of economic barriers and racist attitudes and practices.

Autor

John C. Walter is professor emeritus of American ethnic studies, University of Washington. He is the author of The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones and Tammamy and coeditor (with Johnnella Butler) of Transforming the Curriculum: Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies. In 1953 he came to the United States from Jamaica on a track scholarship to Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Malina Iida is a student at William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780295990538
• ISBN-10: 0295990538
• Artikelnr.: 29977262