The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport

by Patrick B. Miller and David K. Wiggins

Book Overview

The Unlevel Playing Field offers a rich compendium of more than 100 primary sources that chart the intertwining history of African Americans and sport. Introductions and head-notes provided by David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller place each document in context, shaping an unrivaled narrative.

Readers will find dozens of accounts by Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Richard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252028201
• ISBN13: 9780252028205
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"