A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Vol 3 1946-Present - Hardcover

Ashe, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1567430082 ISBN 13: 9781567430080

Publisher: Amistad, 1993

Synopsis

This informative book gives readers the whole history of blacks in baseball, from its infancy in black colleges to the present, covering the establishment of both major leagues and the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson's reintegration of professional sports, and Curt Flood's struggle to establish a free agency.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, and died in New York City on February 6, 1993. In his twenty-year tennis career Ashe won some of the most coveted singles championship games; Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the World Cup Team Finals. He was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup Team from 1963 to 1970, and in 1975, 1976, and 1978; as its captain, he led the team to victories in 1981 and 1982. He was a member of the U.S. World Cup Team from 1970 to 1976, and in 1979.

On April 16, 1980, after quadruple bypass surgury, Arthur Ashe retired from professional tennis. He became National Campaign Chairman for the American Heart Association and the only nonmedical member of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council.

He contracted the HIV virus from a blood transfusion after a second bypass operation in 1983. Upon discovering this, Ashe exhibited his perennial quality of action without acrimony and founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS, He succumbed to the disease in February 1993.

Ashe was married to professional photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the author of Viewifnders: Black Women Photographers. They lived in New York City with their daughter, Camera.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 8 Up-This three-volume reference source on the history of black atheletes, first published in 1988, has been revised to include current events and people. Volume one covers 1619-1918; volume two 1919-1945; and volume three 1946 to the present. It's an imposing piece of work, for it took 10 years of meticulous research to chase down rumors, check facts, and investigate each slim lead. Hundreds of athletes came to light, such as George Poage, the first black to win an Olympic medal; and Marshall Taylor, world cycling champion of 1899. The format is the same for all three volumes, and the contents are easily accessible. There are chapters on each major sport, and historical information is presented from the African-American viewpoint within each one. Key players, teams, and events are featured in chronological order. Analyses of the sports and the players, and interpretations of their influence on American life, are nicely presented. A brief summation of the material concludes this overview. A large section in each volume has statistics of teams, individual players, and awards given; unfortunately, the set isn't well indexed. For those who have the earlier edition, there is not enough current information here to justify the cost of updating. However, this is definitely a worthwhile addition to any collection for those who don't.
Pat Royal, Crossland High School, Camp Springs, MD
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amistad
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1567430082
• ISBN 13: 9781567430080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640