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Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gender and Race in Sports examines the historical successes and struggles of female athletes of color. From pioneers to today's stars, women of color have been examples of courage and strength as they fought to overcome barriers unique to their race and gender. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. - from the publisher
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beyond Baseball's Color Line celebrates Black players throughout the history of Major League Baseball. The book not only provides a comprehensive history dating back to the 1800s, but also highlights accomplishments, personalities, participation trends of African American players, and insight into what the future may hold" --
Author
Lexile measure
NC 1100L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the true story of spirit and determination from America's early civil rights history and the Cannon Street All-Stars from Charleston, South Carolina who were not allowed to play in the Little League World Series baseball game in 1955.
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Minnesota has been home to countless talented African American ballplayers. Yet, during baseballs many decades of segregation, these athletes were relegated to a haphazard array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams -- many of which are lost to history. Driven by a personal passion and years of research, Frank White recovers that history by sharing stories of black ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"Race and Sports: A Reference Handbook provides a breadth and depth of discussion about minority athletes, coaches, sports journalists, and others in sport in the United States"--
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
x, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned to play a position he had never tried before. But the biggest concern was his temper--Robinson was an angry man who played aggressively. In order to succeed...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"Jackie Robinson: A Life in American History provides readers with an understanding of the scope of Robinson's life and explores why no Major League baseball player will ever again wear number 42 as his regular jersey number"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Story of a 1944 illegal basketball game between the North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham and the Duke University medical school team.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete. This is a fictionalized account of a real-life sports hero.
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Recounts the experiences of African-American professional baseball players who started their careers in the years immediately following Jackie Robinson. Discusses the continuing racial problems in the league and in America.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
On and off the field, Jackie Robinson never backed down from a challenge. The baseball legend broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, changing the sport forever. It was eight years later that a photo of him stealing home during the 1955 World Series became one of the most famous images from his historic career. The iconic photo of his daring base running seemed to sum up the way Robinson lived his life. He acted on his own, doing what...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks at the 1967 football season leading up to that year's black college championship between Grambling College and Florida A&M, and how it fit into the civil rights struggles of the time.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The integration of baseball in 1947 had undeniable significance for the civil rights movement and American history. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, a barrier that had once been believed to be permanent was shattered - paving the way for scores of African Americans who wanted nothing more than to be granted the same rights as any other human being.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the spring of 1946, following the defeat of Hitler's Germany, America found itself still struggling with the subtler but no less insidious tyrannies of racism and segregation at home. In the midst of it all, Jackie Robinson, a full year away from breaking major league baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, was undergoing a harrowing dress rehearsal for integration-his first spring training as a minor league prospect with the Montreal...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
1 online resource (96 pages)
Language
English
Description
Girls around the country speak out about the problems and stereotypes they face when it comes to sports. Girl Power on the Playing Field also discusses how sports can affect girls' minds as well as their bodies and shares practical ideas for staying active in sports and dealing with some of the pressures involved.
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