The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport

Charts the intertwining histories of African Americans and sport. This book contains over 100 documents on both pioneering and modern-day athletes, ranging chronologically from a challenge issued by prizefighter Tom Molineaux in 1810 to contributions from commentators like Frederick Douglass, W E B Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Eldridge Cleaver.

• | By (Author): David K. Wiggins
• | Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2005
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 528 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0252072723
• | ISBN-13: 9780252072727