African Americans in Sports

by Carla Mooney

Author Carla Mooney explores African American involvement in sports in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. Blacks' participation in horse racing, track and field, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and boxing are all covered. The book relates the accomplishments of trailblazers as well as the discrimination, insults, and physical violence they endured to open the doors of opportunity for black athletes around the country...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420506757
• ISBN13: 9781420506754
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10