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  • A Dream Too Big

    The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford

    In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass.A Dream to Big is for readers who want to …enjoy a compelling, true, hard-to-believe inspirational story;thoughtfully embrace a long ... Leer más

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  • The Great Black Hope

    Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback

    de Louis Moore ...
    The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come.There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, they got death threats, faced racist questions, ... Leer más

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  • Strong Inside

    Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South

    New York Times Best Seller2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition2015 Lillian Smith Book Award2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" TitleWhen Strong Inside was first published ten years ago, no one could have predicted the impact the book would have on Vanderbilt University, Nashville, and communities across the nation. What began as a biography of Perry Wallace—the first African Am... ... Leer más

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  • I Fight for a Living

    Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915

    de Louis Moore ...
    Series series Sport and Society
    The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free.Louis Moore draws on the life stories of African American fighters active from 1880 to 1915 to explore working-class ... Leer más

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    The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality

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    This exceedingly timely book looks at the history of black activist athletes and the important role of the black community in making sure fair play existed, not only in sports, but across U.S. society.Most books that focus on ties between sports, black athletes, and the Civil Rights Movement focus on specific issues or people. They discuss, for example, how baseball was integrated or tell the ... Leer más

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    A Dream Too Big

    The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford

    Narrado por Caylin Moore ...

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    6 hora 38 minutos

    In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass.A Dream to Big is for readers who want to …enjoy a compelling, true, hard-to-believe inspirational story;thoughtfully embrace a long ... Leer más

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    The Great Black Hope

    Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback

    de Louis Moore ...
    Narrado por Leon Nixon ...

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    9 hora 14 minutos

    The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come.There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, they got death threats, faced racist questions, ... Leer más

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