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A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619-1918
Arthur Ashe
Hardcover (Amistad Pr, May 1, 1993)A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, 1610-1918 (Vol 1) covers the period from 1619, when Africans were first brought to these shores as slaves, to 1918, the end of the First World War. From 1865 through 1896, African Americans succeeded spectacularly in sports. It was this period that gave rise to Jack Johnson, the first Black heavy weight champion; Marshall Taylor, "the world's fastest cyclist"; and Isaac Murphy, the first three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby.
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A Hard Road To Glory Baseball The African-American Athlete In Baseball
Arthur Ashe
Paperback (Amistad Press, March 15, 1993)A Hard Road To Glory Baseball -The African-American Athlete In Baseball
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A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619-1918
Arthur Ashe
Hardcover (Grand Central Pub, Nov. 1, 1988)A history of black athletes spanning three hundred years traces the history of sports to African, culture, features profiles of black athletic stars, and explores the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation and other events on black sports
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A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Vol 2. 1919-1945
Arthur Ashe
Hardcover (Amistad, Oct. 1, 1993)This informative book gives readers the whole history of blacks in baseball, from its infancy in black colleges to the present, covering the establishment of both major leagues and the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson's reintegration of professional sports, and Curt Flood's struggle to establish a free agency.