Arif Khatib, Pete Elman

Remember Their Sacrifice

Stories of Unheralded Athletes of Color

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the incredible stories of a special group of athletes, unheralded men and women of color who broke barriers for those that followed, including Pumpsie Green, the first Black player for the Red Sox; Alice Coachman, the first Black woman to win Olympic gold; Sammy Lee, the great Asian American diver who won Olympic gold, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781538171974
• ISBN-10: 153817197X
• Artikelnr.: 64267301

Autorenporträt

Arif Khatib runs a record label, a publishing company, a concert production company, and a boxing promotion company, developed minority business enterprises, produced documentaries, and worked as a radio host. In 2000, Khatib created the African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame. He has been a fixture in the Bay Area African American community for 50 years. Pete Elman is a journalist, author, musician, historian and teacher. He has worked as a performer, composer, studio musician, recording artist and producer, has written music for TV and film, and released four acclaimed instrumental albums. As a journalist, Elman worked for the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune covering sports from 2000 to 2011. From 2000 to 2005, Elman was the resident columnist for the Oakland Athletics Fan Coalition, writing opinion essays on baseball and American culture. Elman is a regular contributor to the Ultimate Sports Guide. He currently teaches courses on popular American music at several Bay Area universities.