African Americans in Sports
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African Americans in Sports

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African Americans in Sports

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This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781317477433
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

General Index

Aaron, Hank, 1:1–2; 2:229, 230
AAU. See Amateur Athletic Union
Abbott, Cleveland, 1:2; 2:231, 373
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (Lew Alcindor), 1:3–4, 26, 35, 40, 102, 142; 2:297, 303–4
Above the Rim (film), 1:102
Adams, Lucinda, 1:4–5
Adderley, Herb, 1:5
African American Tennis Association, 2:335
Agents, 1:6–7
Nehemiah, Renaldo, 2:256
Air Up There, The (film), 1:102
Albritton, David, 1:7–8; 2:372, 386
Alcindor, Lew. See Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Alexander, Alpha, 1:35
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 2:405
Alexis, Lucien, Jr., 1:199
Ali, Muhammad (Cassius Clay), 1:8–9, 16, 17, 45–46, 69, 91, 95, 100, 109, 110, 112, 158, 167, 197, 213– 14; 2:241, 260, 266, 277, 312, 343
All-Americans (college basketball)
Bellamy, Walter, 1:32–33
Bing, Dave, 1:33
Boozer, Bob, 1:39–40
Cooper, Chuck, 1:75
Dantley, Adrian, 1:77–78
Dukes, Walter, 1:89
Ewing, Patrick, 1:97–98
Ford, Phil, 1:108
Jackson, Mannie, 1:173
Jordan, Michael, 1:190–91
Leslie, Lisa, 1:207–8
Manning, Danny, 2:224
Monroe, Earl, 2:239–40
Murphy, Calvin, 2:246
O’Neal, Shaquille, 2:268–69
Russell, Cazzie, 2:319–20
Sampson, Ralph, 2:321
Scott, Charlie, 2:324
Stallworth, Dave,...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Topic Finder
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Contributors
  9. Introduction
  10. Hank Aaron
  11. Cleveland Abbott
  12. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  13. Lucinda Adams
  14. Herb Adderley
  15. Agents
  16. David Albritton
  17. Muhammad Ali
  18. Marcus Allen
  19. American Tennis Association
  20. Nate Archibald
  21. Henry Armstrong
  22. Arthur Ashe, Jr.
  23. Emmett Ashford
  24. Evelyn Ashford
  25. Autobiographies
  26. Ernie Banks
  27. Charles Barkley
  28. Don Barksdale
  29. Baseball
  30. Basketball
  31. Dick Bass
  32. Don baylor
  33. Elgin Baylor
  34. Bob Beamon
  35. Bill Bell
  36. Bobby Bell
  37. James "Cool Papa" Bell
  38. Walter Bellamy
  39. Dave Bing
  40. Black Coaches Association
  41. Black Sports Magazine
  42. Black Women in Sports Foundation
  43. Black World Championship Rodeo
  44. Mel Blount
  45. Edward Bolden
  46. Barry Bonds
  47. Bob Boozer
  48. John Borican
  49. Joseph Bostic
  50. Ralph Boston
  51. Bowling
  52. Boxing
  53. Valerie Brisco-Hooks
  54. Louis Brock
  55. Vivian Brown Reed
  56. Jim Brown
  57. Larry Brown
  58. Roger Brown
  59. Roosevelt Brown
  60. Kobe Bryant
  61. Matthew Bullock
  62. Daniel Burley
  63. Sol Butler
  64. Lee Calhoun
  65. Roy Campanella
  66. Earl Campbell
  67. Milt Campbell
  68. John Carlos
  69. Harold Carmichael
  70. J.C. Caroline
  71. Cris Carter
  72. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  73. Wilt Chamberlain
  74. John Chaney
  75. Ezzard Charles
  76. Oscar Charleston
  77. Civil Rights
  78. Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
  79. Coaches and Managers
  80. Alice Coachman
  81. William Montague Cobb
  82. Chuck Cooper
  83. Ted Corbitt
  84. Russ Cowans
  85. Isabelle Daniels
  86. Adrian Dantley
  87. Ernie Davis
  88. John Henry Davis
  89. Dominique Dawes
  90. Anita De Frantz
  91. Gail Devers
  92. Eric Dickerson
  93. Harrison Dillard
  94. George Dixon
  95. Larry Doby
  96. Arthur Dorrington
  97. Charles Drew
  98. Howard Drew
  99. Walter Dukes
  100. Eastern Colored League
  101. Harry Edwards
  102. Teresa Edwards
  103. Lee Elder
  104. Carl Eller
  105. Jimmy Ellis
  106. Wayne Embry
  107. Julius Erving
  108. Lee Evans
  109. Patrick Ewing
  110. Mae Faggs
  111. Fencing
  112. Films
  113. George Flippin
  114. Curt Flood
  115. Tiger Flowers
  116. Charles Follis
  117. Football
  118. Phil Ford
  119. George Foreman
  120. Bob Foster
  121. Rube Foster
  122. Joe Frazier
  123. Walter Frazier, Jr.
  124. Clarence Gaines
  125. Jake Gaither
  126. Willie Galimore
  127. Joe Gans
  128. Mike Garrett
  129. Zina Garrison
  130. Willie Gault
  131. George Gervin
  132. Althea Gibson
  133. Bob Gibson
  134. Josh Gibson
  135. Artis Gilmore
  136. Golf
  137. Ed Gordon, Jr.
  138. Ned Gourdin
  139. Frank Grant
  140. Edward Gray
  141. Joe Greene
  142. Gus Greenlee
  143. Hal Greer
  144. Ann Gregory
  145. George Gregory, Jr.
  146. Rosey Grier
  147. Ken Griffey, Jr.
  148. Florence Griffith-Joyner
  149. Tony Gwynn
  150. Gymnastics
  151. Marvin Hagler
  152. Harlem Globetrotters
  153. Franco Harris
  154. Frank Hart
  155. Connie Hawkins
  156. Bob Hayes
  157. Elvin Hayes
  158. Marques Haynes
  159. Spencer Haywood
  160. Thomas Hearns
  161. Edwin Bancroft Henderson
  162. Rickey Henderson
  163. Stephanie Hightower
  164. Calvin Hill
  165. Grant Hill
  166. Jim Hines
  167. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  168. Historiography
  169. Jerome Brud Holland
  170. Steve Holman
  171. Larry Holmes
  172. Horse Racing
  173. William Dehart Hubbard
  174. Martha Hudson
  175. Eddie Hurt
  176. Lula Mae Hymes
  177. Ice Hockey
  178. International Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame and Gallery
  179. International League of Baseball Clubs in America and Cuba
  180. Interscholastic Athletic Association of Middle Atlantic States
  181. Monte Irvin
  182. "Rajo." Jack
  183. Bo Jackson
  184. Levi Jackson
  185. Mannie Jackson
  186. Peter Jackson
  187. Reggie Jackson
  188. Joe Jeannette
  189. Bernie Jefferson
  190. Cornelius Johnson
  191. Jack Johnson
  192. John Henry Johnson
  193. Magic Johnson
  194. Michael Johnson
  195. Rafer Johnson
  196. Robert L. Johnson
  197. William "Judy" Johnson
  198. Barbara Jones
  199. David "Deacon" Jones
  200. Hayes Jones
  201. K.C. Jones
  202. Marion Jones
  203. Sam Jones
  204. Wali Jones
  205. Michael Jordan
  206. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  207. Leroy Kelly
  208. Ray Kemp
  209. Leroy Keyes
  210. Don King
  211. William "Dolly" King
  212. Lacrosse
  213. Sam Lacy
  214. Betty Jean Lane
  215. Dick Lane
  216. Sam Langford
  217. Bob Lanier
  218. League of Colored Base Ball Clubs
  219. Meadowlark Lemon
  220. Buck Leonard
  221. Sugar Ray Leonard
  222. Lisa Leslie
  223. Jerry LeVias
  224. Carl Lewis
  225. John Henry Lewis
  226. Oliver Lewis
  227. William Henry Lewis
  228. Joe Lillard
  229. Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb
  230. Sonny Liston
  231. Floyd Little
  232. Earl Lloyd
  233. John Henry Lloyd
  234. Ronnie Lott
  235. Joe Louis
  236. James LuValle
  237. Biz Mackey
  238. John Mackey
  239. Karl Malone
  240. Moses Malone
  241. Effa Manley
  242. Danny Manning
  243. Madeline Manning-Mims
  244. Bob Marshall
  245. Jim Marshall
  246. Ollie Matson
  247. Margaret Matthews
  248. William Clarence Matthews
  249. Willie Mays
  250. Willie McCovey
  251. Mildred McDaniel
  252. Pam McGee
  253. Edith McGuire
  254. John McLendon
  255. Sam McVey
  256. Ralph Metcalfe
  257. Rod Milburn
  258. Cheryl Miller
  259. Bobby Mitchell
  260. Tom Molineaux
  261. Art Monk
  262. Earl Monroe
  263. Eleanor Montgomery
  264. Warren Moon
  265. Archie Moore
  266. Lenny Moore
  267. Joe Morgan
  268. Edwin Moses
  269. Marion Motley
  270. Calvin Murphy
  271. Isaac Murphy
  272. Eddie Murray
  273. National Association of Colored Base Ball Clubs of the United States and Cuba
  274. National Bowling Association
  275. Negro American League
  276. Negro League Baseball Museum
  277. Negro National League
  278. Negro Southern League
  279. Renaldo Nehemiah
  280. New York Pioneer Club
  281. New York Renaissance Five
  282. Don Newcombe
  283. Ozzie Newsome
  284. Ken Norton
  285. William Nunn, Jr.
  286. William Nunn, Sr.
  287. Dan O'Brien
  288. Hakeem Olajuwon
  289. Olympic Games
  290. Shaquille O'Neal
  291. Buck O'Neil
  292. Willie O'Ree
  293. Jesse Owens
  294. R.C. Owens
  295. Satchel Paige
  296. Jim Parker
  297. Floyd Patterson
  298. Mickey Patterson
  299. Walter Payton
  300. Drew Pearson
  301. Calvin Peete
  302. Don Perkins
  303. Joe Perry
  304. Tidye Pickett
  305. George Poage
  306. Fritz Pollard
  307. Fritz Pollard, Jr.
  308. Cum Posey
  309. Kirby Puckett
  310. Pythian Base Ball Club (Philadelphia)
  311. Racial Theories
  312. Ted Radcliffe
  313. Rainbow Coalition for Fairness in Athletics
  314. Ahmad Rashad
  315. George Raveling
  316. Dwight Reed
  317. Willis Reed
  318. Mel Renfro
  319. Butch Reynolds
  320. Ray Rhodes
  321. Ted Rhodes
  322. Willy T. Ribbs
  323. Jerry Rice
  324. Nolan Richardson
  325. Bill Richmond
  326. Ric Roberts
  327. Oscar Robertson
  328. Paul Robeson
  329. David Robinson
  330. Eddie Robinson
  331. Frank Robinson
  332. Jackie Robinson
  333. Mack Robinson
  334. Sugar Ray Robinson
  335. Rodeo
  336. Johnny Rodgers
  337. Wilbur Rogan
  338. George Rogers
  339. Mike Rozier
  340. Wilma Rudolph
  341. Bill Russell
  342. Cazzie Russell
  343. Ralph Sampson
  344. Barry Sanders
  345. Deion Sanders
  346. Gale Sayers
  347. Charlie Scott
  348. Wendell Scott
  349. Shady Rest Golf and Country Club
  350. Art Shell
  351. John Shippen, Jr.
  352. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
  353. Charlie Sifford
  354. Paul Silas
  355. Ozzie Simmons
  356. Willie Simms
  357. O.J. Simpson
  358. Mike Singletary
  359. 'Duke" Slater
  360. Slavery
  361. Lucy Diggs Slowe
  362. Bruce Smith
  363. 'Bubba" Smith
  364. Emmitt Smith
  365. John Smith
  366. Ozzie Smith
  367. Tommie Smith
  368. Wendell Smith
  369. Fred Snowden
  370. Bill Spiller
  371. Leon Spinks
  372. Michael Spinks
  373. Sportswriters
  374. Dave Stallworth
  375. Willie Stargell
  376. Norman "Turkey" Stearnes
  377. Louise Stokes
  378. Toni Stone
  379. George Stovey
  380. Vivian Stringer
  381. Woody Strode
  382. Lynn Swann
  383. Swimming
  384. Sheryl Swoopes
  385. George Taliaferro
  386. Jack Tatum
  387. Reece "Goose" Tatum
  388. Charley Taylor
  389. John Baxter Taylor
  390. Lawrence Taylor
  391. Marshall "Major" Taylor
  392. Ed Temple
  393. Tennis
  394. Debra Thomas
  395. Frank Thomas
  396. Isiah Thomas
  397. John Thomas
  398. David Thompson
  399. John Thompson
  400. Eddie Tolan
  401. Gwen Torrence
  402. Track and Field
  403. Emlen Tunnell
  404. Mike Tyson
  405. Wyomia Tyus
  406. United Golfers Association
  407. Wes Unseld
  408. Gene Upshaw
  409. Volleyball
  410. Wake-Robin Golf Club
  411. Joe Walcott
  412. Herschel Walker
  413. Leroy Walker
  414. Mel Walker
  415. Moses Fleetwood Walker
  416. Charlie Ward
  417. Paul Warfield
  418. Chester Washington
  419. Gene Washington
  420. Kenny Washington
  421. Ora Washington
  422. Quincy Watts
  423. Weightlifting and Bodybuilding
  424. Reginald Weir
  425. Willie Wells
  426. Charlie West
  427. Howard Wheeler
  428. Bill White
  429. Jo Jo White
  430. Reggie White
  431. Sherman White
  432. Sol White
  433. Willye White
  434. Mai Whitfield
  435. Sydney Wicks
  436. Archie Williams
  437. Doug Williams
  438. Ike Williams
  439. Joseph "Smokey" Williams
  440. Serena Williams
  441. Venus Williams
  442. Bill Willis
  443. Harry Wills
  444. Maury Wills
  445. Rollo Wilson
  446. Dave Winfield
  447. Jimmy Winkfield
  448. Kellen Winslow
  449. Women
  450. Lynette Woodard
  451. John Woodruff
  452. Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
  453. James Worthy
  454. Wrestling
  455. Andrew S. "Doc" Young
  456. Buddy Young
  457. Fay Young
  458. Paul "Tank" Younger
  459. Chronology
  460. Bibliography
  461. General Index
  462. Sports Index