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The Journey of the African American Athlete
An eye-opening history of the struggles and triumphs of pioneering black athletic achievers. 1875 Isaac Murphy who won the Kentucky Derby. To the multi-talented Althea Gibson a tennis player from Harlem who made whites uncomfortable when she talked about wanting to get into the ATA. Who finely in 1957 she was the first African American to win Wimbledon. Major league baseball icon Jackie Robinson that had to suffer and deal with Separate leagues for whites and blacks. Who played for Negro league teams that were also owned by blacks- business that involved only African Americans. To Joe Louis the black boxer during the time of the war against Germany. That was more mild-mannered and reserved than Jack Johnson. This represented the international scene at the time, as America was at fighting Nazi racism. When he won the fight in 1936, it was the first time a black athlete was called an American...