A Spectacular Leap: (Record no. 2156167)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781557286581
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 796.092 LAN
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Author name Lansbury, Jennifer H.
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Title A Spectacular Leap:
Remainder of title Black Women Athletes in Twentieth Century America/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jennifer H. Lansbury.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Fayetteville:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The University of Arkansas Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
No. of Pages 317 Pages.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "When high jumper Alice Coachman won the high jump title at the 1941 national championships with'a spectacular leap, 'African American women had been participating in competitive sport for close to twenty-five years. Yet it would be another twenty years before they would experience something akin to the national fame and recognition that African American men had known since the 1930s, the days of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. From the 1920s, when black women athletes were confined to competing within the black community, through the heady days of the late twentieth century when they ruled the world of women's track and field, African American women found sport opened the door to a better life. However, they also discovered that success meant challenging perceptions that many Americans--both black and white--held of them. Through the stories of six athletes--Coachman, Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudloph, Wyomia Tyus, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee--Jennifer H. Lansbury deftly follows the emergence of black women athletes from the African American community; their confrontations with contemporary attitudes of race, class, and gender; and their encounters with the civil rights movement. Uncovering the various strategies the athletes use to beat back stereotypes, Lansbury explores the fullness of African American women's relationship with sport in the twentieth century."-- EBSCOhost
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note In English.
563 ## - BINDING INFORMATION
Binding note H.B
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element African American women athletes
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Topical term or geographic name entry element GAMES Gambling Sports
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SPORTS & RECREATION History
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  Dewey Decimal Classification   Civil Services Academy Library Civil Services Academy Library Arts & Recreation 11/21/2024 796.092 LAN CSA-49575 11/21/2024 11/21/2024 Book