A Spectacular Leap: Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century America

by Jennifer H. Lansbury

Book Overview

Through the stories of six athletes--Alice Coachman, Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudloph, Wyomia Tyus, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee--Jennifer H. Lansbury deftly follows the emergence of black... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557286582
• ISBN13: 9781557286581
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"