Latino and African American Athletes Today: A Biographical Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313320484)

African Americans and Latino Americans have played an increasingly significant role in the ongoing saga of American sports--and not just in popular sports like basketball and baseball. This is the first comprehensive, multisport biographical resource to concentrate exclusively on the accomplishments, achievements, and personal struggles of notable African American and Latino American athletes of the last quarter century. A total of 175 important contemporary athletes--113 African Americans and 62 Latino Americans--are profiled. Most made significant contributions to their sport since 1990. Athletes include Roberto Alomar, Oscar De La Hoya, Forence Griffith Joyner, Evander Holyfield, Michael Johnson, Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Ray Lewis, Sammy Sosa, Serena and Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, and many more.

Eighteen sports, from baseball to bobsledding, are covered. The profiles of the men and women include personal background information and athletic career achievements through 2002. Each athletic career is traced, including entrance into sport, major accomplishments, records set, awards and honors, and overall impact. Quotations from the athletes enrich each profile. Bibliographies and photos complement the entries.

Author: David L. Porter
ISBN-10: 0313320489
ISBN-13: 9780313320484
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2004
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.51lbs
Size: 10.24h x 7.26w x 1.36d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 365
Library Journal 06/15/2004 pg. 102
Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1980
School Library Journal 08/01/2004 pg. 59
New York Review of Books 10/21/2004 pg. 262
Multicultural Review 12/01/2004 pg. 85