Wiggins, David Kenneth

"This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the 2020 Tokyo Games. It explores the lives and careers of both legendary and little-known Black Olympians as they sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the world stage"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of eleven essays that discuss the involvement of African-American athletes in sports, covering the play of slave children in plantation communities, the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, and other related topics.

Contains over one hundred primary source documents from newspapers, periodicals, and autobiographies that chronicle the participation of African-Americans in sports from the days of slavery to 2000.