Arthur Ashe : Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era /

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"Arthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe's evolution as an activist who had to contend with the shift from civil rights to Black P...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Eric Allen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ashe, Arthur.
Tennis players.
Civil rights.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American tennis players.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Joueurs de tennis noirs americains > Biographies.
Joueurs de tennis > États-Unis > Biographies.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > United States.
African American tennis players > Biography.
Tennis players > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Richmond
  • UCLA
  • An emerging activist
  • Bright lights and civil rights
  • Tennis wars
  • Defeat and victory in South Africa
  • Transitions
  • The comeback
  • Triumph and tragedy.

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