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Title Before Jackie Robinson : the transcendent role of Black sporting pioneers / edited and with an introduction by Gerald R. Gems.
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]


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Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Like a Comet across the Heavens: Isaac Burns Murphy, Horseracing, and the Age of American Exceptionalism / Pellom Mcdaniels -- 2. John M. Shippen Jr.: Testing the Front Nine of American Golf / Sarah Jane Eikleberry -- 3. When Great Wasn't Good Enough: Sam Ransom's Journey from Athlete to Activist / Gerald R. Gems -- 4. League of Their Own: Rube Foster's "Pitfalls of Baseball" Revisited / Michael E. Lomax -- 5. Bessie Coleman: "The Only Race Aviatrix in the World' / Bieke Gils -- 6. Sol Butler: The Fleeting Fame of a World-Class Black Athlete / James E. Odenkirk -- 7. Robert L. "Bob" Douglas: "Aristocracy on the Court, an Architect of Men" / Susan J. Rayl -- 8. Isadore Channels: The Recovered Life of a Great African American Sports Star / Robert Pruter -- 9. Tommy Brookins: Pioneer in Two Worlds / Murry Nelson -- 10. Tidye Pickett: The Unfulfilled Aspirations of America's Pioneering African American Female Track Star / Robert Pruter -- 11. Harold "Killer" Johnson: Making a Career in the Popular Culture / James Coates -- 12. Continuing the Struggle: Teddy Rhodes and Professional Golf / Raymond Schmidt.
ISBN 9780803296688 (electronic bk.)
0803296681 (electronic bk.)
9780803296701 (electronic bk.)
0803296703 (electronic bk.)
9780803266797
0803266790
9780803296695 (mobi)
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Subject African American athletes -- Biography.
African American athletes -- History.
Alt author Gems, Gerald R., editor.
Descript 1 online resource
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Like a Comet across the Heavens: Isaac Burns Murphy, Horseracing, and the Age of American Exceptionalism / Pellom Mcdaniels -- 2. John M. Shippen Jr.: Testing the Front Nine of American Golf / Sarah Jane Eikleberry -- 3. When Great Wasn't Good Enough: Sam Ransom's Journey from Athlete to Activist / Gerald R. Gems -- 4. League of Their Own: Rube Foster's "Pitfalls of Baseball" Revisited / Michael E. Lomax -- 5. Bessie Coleman: "The Only Race Aviatrix in the World' / Bieke Gils -- 6. Sol Butler: The Fleeting Fame of a World-Class Black Athlete / James E. Odenkirk -- 7. Robert L. "Bob" Douglas: "Aristocracy on the Court, an Architect of Men" / Susan J. Rayl -- 8. Isadore Channels: The Recovered Life of a Great African American Sports Star / Robert Pruter -- 9. Tommy Brookins: Pioneer in Two Worlds / Murry Nelson -- 10. Tidye Pickett: The Unfulfilled Aspirations of America's Pioneering African American Female Track Star / Robert Pruter -- 11. Harold "Killer" Johnson: Making a Career in the Popular Culture / James Coates -- 12. Continuing the Struggle: Teddy Rhodes and Professional Golf / Raymond Schmidt.
ISBN 9780803296688 (electronic bk.)
0803296681 (electronic bk.)
9780803296701 (electronic bk.)
0803296703 (electronic bk.)
9780803266797
0803266790
9780803296695 (mobi)
Subject African American athletes -- Biography.
African American athletes -- History.
Alt author Gems, Gerald R., editor.

Subject African American athletes -- Biography.
African American athletes -- History.
Descript 1 online resource
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Like a Comet across the Heavens: Isaac Burns Murphy, Horseracing, and the Age of American Exceptionalism / Pellom Mcdaniels -- 2. John M. Shippen Jr.: Testing the Front Nine of American Golf / Sarah Jane Eikleberry -- 3. When Great Wasn't Good Enough: Sam Ransom's Journey from Athlete to Activist / Gerald R. Gems -- 4. League of Their Own: Rube Foster's "Pitfalls of Baseball" Revisited / Michael E. Lomax -- 5. Bessie Coleman: "The Only Race Aviatrix in the World' / Bieke Gils -- 6. Sol Butler: The Fleeting Fame of a World-Class Black Athlete / James E. Odenkirk -- 7. Robert L. "Bob" Douglas: "Aristocracy on the Court, an Architect of Men" / Susan J. Rayl -- 8. Isadore Channels: The Recovered Life of a Great African American Sports Star / Robert Pruter -- 9. Tommy Brookins: Pioneer in Two Worlds / Murry Nelson -- 10. Tidye Pickett: The Unfulfilled Aspirations of America's Pioneering African American Female Track Star / Robert Pruter -- 11. Harold "Killer" Johnson: Making a Career in the Popular Culture / James Coates -- 12. Continuing the Struggle: Teddy Rhodes and Professional Golf / Raymond Schmidt.
Alt author Gems, Gerald R., editor.
ISBN 9780803296688 (electronic bk.)
0803296681 (electronic bk.)
9780803296701 (electronic bk.)
0803296703 (electronic bk.)
9780803266797
0803266790
9780803296695 (mobi)
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