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Racism In Sports
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Across the line : profiles in basketball courage : tales of the first black players in the ACC and S


Jacobs, Barry, 1950-
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2008] 2008

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Althea : the life of tennis champion Althea Gibson


Jacobs, Sally H., 1957- author.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. 2023

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Baseball rebels : the players, people, and social movements that shook up the game and changed Ameri


Dreier, Peter, 1948- author.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022] 2022

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Behind the line of scrimmage : inside the front office of the NFL


Huyghue, Michael, author.
New York : Center Street, 2018. 2018

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Beyond baseball's color barrier : the story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, past, pre


Constantino, Rocco, 1974- author.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] 2021

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Black mercuries : African American athletes, race, and the modern Olympic games


Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 2023

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Breaking barriers : a history of integration in professional basketball


Stark, Douglas (Douglas Andrew), 1972- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 2019

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Bubba Wallace : auto racing star


Stratton, Connor, author.
Lake Elmo : Focus Readers, 2021. 2021

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A calculus of color : the integration of baseball's American League


McGregor, Robert Kuhn, 1952- author.
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015] 2015

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Colin Kaepernick : athletes who made a difference


Hoena, B. A., author.
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2020. 2020

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Colin Kaepernick : athletes who made a difference


Hoena, B. A., author.
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2020. 2020

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Equality in sports


Miller, Tracy.
Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, [2014] 2014

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Fighting stereotypes in sports


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Fighting stereotypes in sports


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history


Respress-Churchwell, Gloria, author.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] 2019

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Follow Chester! : a college football team fights racism and makes history


Respress-Churchwell, Gloria, author.
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019] 2019

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Football's fearless activists : how Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, and fellow athletes s


Freeman, Michael, 1966- author.
[United States] Sports Publishing, [2020] 2020

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The forgotten four : breaking the color barrier in pro football


Smith, Elliott, 1976- author.
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2025] 2025

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From Jack Johnson to Lebron James : sports, media, and the color line



Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] 2016

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Gender and race in sports


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Hank on first! : how Hank Greenberg became a star on and off the field


Krensky, Stephen, author.
Millburn, NJ : Apples & Honey Press, [2022] 2022

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A home run for Bunny


Anderson, Richard, 1946- author.
Bellvue, WA : Illumination Arts Publishing Company, LLC, [2013] 2013

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The hustle : one team and ten lives in Black and White


Merlino, Doug.
New York : Bloomsbury USA, [2011] 2011

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I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915


Moore, Louis, 1978- author.
Urbana : University of Illinois, [2017] 2017

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Integrating the Gridiron : Black Civil Rights and American College Football


Demas, Lane.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010] 2010

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Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner : boxing in the shadow of the global color line


Runstedtler, Theresa.
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012] 2012

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Jackie and Campy : the untold story of their rocky relationship and the breaking of baseball's color


Kashatus, William C., 1959- author.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014] 2014

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Jackie Robinson : an integrated life


Schutz, J. Christopher.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 2016

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Jackie Robinson : an integrated life


Schutz, J. Christopher, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 2016

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Jackie Robinson : athletes who made a difference


Hoena, B. A., author.
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2020. 2020

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Jackie Robinson : athletes who made a difference


Hoena, B. A., author.
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2020. 2020

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Jackie Robinson : baseball's second-base hero


Marino Walters, Jennifer author.
Egremont, Massachusetts : Red Chair Press, [2024] 2024

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Jackie Robinson breaks barriers


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Kaepernick & America



[United States] : Dark Star Pictures, [2022] 2022

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The Kings of Casino Park : Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932.


Aiello, Thomas, 1977-
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011. 2011

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Last on his feet : Jack Johnson and the battle of the century


Matejka, Adrian, 1971- author.
New York, NY ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2023] 2023

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Leveling the playing field : the story of the Syracuse 8


Marc, David.
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2015] 2015

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Long time coming : a 1955 baseball story



[United States] : Gravitas Ventures, [2019] 2019

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More than a game : race, gender, and politics in sports


Doeden, Matt, author.
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2020] 2020

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More than a game : race, gender, and politics in sports


Doeden, Matt, author.
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2020] 2020

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A most beautiful thing : the true story of America's first all-black high school rowing team


Cooper, Arshay, author.
New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. 2020

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Naomi Osaka : her journey to finding her power and her voice


Rothenberg, Ben, author.
[New York, N.Y.] : Dutton, [2024] 2024

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The Negro Leagues


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2020. 2020

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Olympic pride, American prejudice



El Segundo, California : Gravitas Ventures, [2016] 2016

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P.K. Subban : fighting racism to become a hockey superstar and a role model for athletes of colour


Rondina, Catherine, author.
Toronto : James Lorimer & Company, Ltd., Publishers, 2020. 2020

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Playing America's game : baseball, Latinos, and the color line


Burgos, Adrian, Jr., 1969-
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007] 2007

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Playing while white : privilege and power on and off the field


Leonard, David J. (David Jason), 1973- author.
Seattle : University Washington Press, 2017. 2017

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Politics and protest in sports


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Race and college sports


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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Race in sports media coverage


Harris, Duchess, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 2019

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