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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, the pulse-pounding story of how a Jewish race car driver and an American speed queen triumphed over Hitler's fearsome Silver Arrows on the eve of World War II"--
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the country. It discusses the varied experiences of African Americans in sport and how their participation has both reflected and changed views of race" --
Author
Publisher
Lester Publications Co
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs examine the interaction between sports and racial issues. Traces the history of segregation in sports, barriers to minority athletes, and examines how the sports community is challenging these barriers.
7) Playing nice and losing: the struggle for control of women's intercollegiate athletics, 1960-2000
Author
Series
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Sport and culture volume 2
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Carlisle Indian School and the Haskell Institute in Kansas were among the many federally operated boarding schools enacting the U.S. government's education policy toward Native Americans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, one designed to remove children from familiar surroundings and impose mainstream American culture upon them. To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at these institutions and,...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Omnigraphics, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A comprehensive account of Jackie Robinson's life and career, focusing on the events surrounding the shattering of the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball. Discusses his life after baseball, his influential position in the civil rights movement, and his enduring legacy as a racial pioneer. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1947, as the integration of Major League baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges. As the political climate changed and some major league teams realized the necessity of integration, the American League proved painfully reluctant. With the exception of the Cleveland Indians, integration was slow and often ineffective. This book examines the integration of baseball, widely viewed...
