African-American athletes have played a significant role in the
development and popularity of American professional sports, and
have encountered numerous obstacles on the road to athletic
success. This is the first comprehensive multi-sport biographical
dictionary of African Americans who reached the pinnacles of
success in their sport. It contains more personal and career
profiles of African-American sports greats than are found in any
other single source. Biographical profiles of 166 noted athletes,
coaches, and administrators in team and individual sports include
both Ristorical figures such as Jesse Owens and Satchel Paige and
contemporary stars such as Charles Barkley, Ken Griffey, Jr.,
Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Shaquille O'Neal, and Emmitt
Smith. Forty-four sports historians contributed the colorfully
written biographies, which blend both personal background
information and athletic career accomplishments. All information is
current through the middle of 1995. The dictionary covers the
contributions made by African-American greats in football,
baseball, basketball, track and field, boxing, wrestling, auto and
stock car racing, golf, thoroughbred racing, tennis, cycling, and
figure skating. More than two-thirds of the entries represent team
sports. The dictionary is organized alphabetically by person. Each
colorfully written profile is 800-1,000 words in length and traces
the subject's personal life, family and educational background,
personal struggles, career accomplishments, records set,
statistical data, awards and honors, and overall impact; and
features lively quotations by and about the sports luminaries. Each
entry contains a handy bibliography of books and articles about the
subject. Biographies of managers, coaches, and club executives
describe their teams, statistical achievements, accomplishments,
strategy, and sports impact. A general introduction traces the
historic struggle of African-American athletes in professional and
Olympic sports and appendices provide alphabetical listings of
biographical entries and entries by sport. A selection of photos
complement the profiles. For the sports fan or librarian, this is a
first stop for biographical information that captures the
personality of the athlete and includes all the pertinent
information about his or her accomplishments. It is an essential
addition to the reference sections of junior high, high school, and
public libraries.
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