Arthur Ashe's A Hard Road to Glory expertly captures the epic struggles and hard-won achievements of African American athletes throughout history. Volume 1 follows the emergence of sports in African American daily life and covers the period that gave rise to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion; Marshall Taylor, "the world's fastest cyclist," and Isaac Murphy, the first three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby. Volume 2 encompasses America’s golden age of sports, when segregation led to the formation of independent black athletic organizations and Jesse Owens and Joe Louis became international sports figures. Volume 3 opens as Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color line and shows how the sports industry becomes big business, as athletes from Muhammad Ali to Curt Flood and Spencer Haywood begin to claim their places in the spotlight. -- Amazon.
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