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[2020]., Sports Pub. Call No: 796.08996 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Presents the] story of the NFL player protests that rocked a nation and turned our country upside down . . . . [Includes] interviews with Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, Michael Bennett, Richard Sherman, and numerous others"--OCLC.
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By Doeden, Matt[2020]., Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: HI-INT 306.4 DOE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This book explores controversies in sports, including black boxer Jack Johnson, Jessie Owens in the 1936 Olympics, Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, #MeToo and the US gymnastics team, and much more"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Doeden, Matt[2020], Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: 306.4 83 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This book explores controversies in sports, including black boxer Jack Johnson, Jessie Owens in the 1936 Olympics, Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, #MeToo and the US gymnastics team, and much more"--Provided by the publisher.
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2019., Juvenile, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 796 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Becoming a famous coach or athlete might seem like the epitome of the American dream. No matter your race or background, enough talent and drive should get you to the big time, right? But the playing field is not really that level. Minorities are often passed over for prestigious coaching positions. Black athletes are described as "naturally gifted" while white athletes are praised for their hard work. And universities make billions off their sports teams even as players--most of them minorities--collect fleeting benefits.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 796 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Examines the history of black and Hispanic coaches and managers in professional and college sports. Although opportunities to play sports are increasing for people of color, this title explores why the path from field to front office has been so difficult to navigate" .
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-- Sports media coverage[2019]., Juvenile, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 796 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Race in Sports Media Coverage looks at how and why athletes of color are covered much differently than their white counterparts. Breaking down stereotypes and creating opportunities for journalists of color are just two of the important topics discussed. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. - from the publisher.
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-- Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the SouthÃ2014., Vanderbilt University Press Call No: 921 WALLACE Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: " ... the ... story of Perry Wallace, a ... student and talented athlete who became the first African-American basketball player in the SEC at Vanderbilt University during the tumultuous late 1960s ... Places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher.
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[2017], Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: 796.3 MAR Edition: Young readers editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attention of college basketball recruiters from top schools across the nation. In his senior year his Pearl High School basketball team won Tennessee's first racially-integrated state tournament. The world seemed to be opening up at just the right time, and when Vanderbilt University recruited Wallace to play basketball, he courageously accepted the assignment to desegregate the Southeastern Conference. The hateful experiences he would endure on campus and in the hostile gymnasiums of the Deep South turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. Yet Wallace persisted, endured, and met this unthinkable challenge head on. This insightful biography digs deep beneath the surface to reveal a complicated, profound, and inspiring story of an athlete turned civil rights trailblazer.
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[2017]., Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC Call No: 323.1 MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "James "Mudcat" Grant would not sing the right words. He knew they were a lie. Home of the Brave. Land of the Free. For who? Not black Americans. Not in 1960. Grant remembered vividly growing up in poverty in Lacooche, Florida, in a shack that had no hot water, no electric lights, or an indoor toilet, while his widowed-mothered supported her family on her menial wages working as a domestic in white people's home and then trying to supplement her meager wages at the local citrus plant"--Provided by publisher.
