Search Results: Returned 17 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 17
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c1985, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The AchieversSummary Note: A biography of Carl Lewis, the man who broke Jesse Owens's record by winning four gold medals in track and field in the 1984 Olympic games.
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c1985., Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The AchieversSummary Note: A biography of Carl Lewis, the man who broke Jesse Owens's record by winning four gold medals in track and field in the 1984 Olympic games.
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1996., Juvenile, Child's World Call No: 796 RUNNING ROT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An overview of the athletic accomplishments of the track star who has been called the "first lady of the heptathlon.".
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: A biography of Jesse Owens, the African American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games.
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c2011., Enslow Publishers Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American biography librarySummary Note: "Explores the life of Jesse Owens, including his childhood and family, his rise to excellence in track and field, his 1936 Olympic triumph, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
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c2001., Enslow Call No: B Owe Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African Americans seriesSummary Note: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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c2006., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sports heroes and legends
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c2006., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sports heroes and legends
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c1992., Holiday House Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A simple biography of the noted black track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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[2022]., Juvenile, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company Call No: GN-SPORTS VIC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today"--
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[2022]., Adolescent, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company Call No: GN B SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports--and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- Jesse Owens.[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was--?Summary Note: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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c1988., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Profiles Wilma Rudolph, a sickly child born to a poor family in rural Tennessee who went on to become a world famous, record-breaking, Olympic track star.
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c1996., Juvenile, Harcourt Brace Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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1996., Harcourt Brace Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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c1996., Juvenile, Harcourt Brace Call No: 92 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympic.