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.

• | Author: David K. Wiggins, Patrick B. Miller
• | Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2005
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780252072727
• | ISBN-10: 0252072723