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Breaking the Color Line: 1940 to 1946

By Library of Congress

In 1945, the Jim Crow policies of baseball changed forever when Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs agreed to a contract that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947.

Read on www.loc.gov

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The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions

The New Plantation examines the controversial relationship between predominantly White NCAA Division I Institutions (PWI s) and black athletes, utilizing an internal colonial model.

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Billy Hawkins
2013
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Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field

A bold and impassioned meditation on injustice in our country that punctures the illusion of a postracial America and reveals it as a place where authoritarianism looms large.

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Howard Bryant
2025
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Special Admission: How College Sports Recruitment Favors White Suburban Athletes (The American Campus)

Special Admission contradicts the national belief that college sports provide upward mobility opportunities. Kirsten Hextrum documents how white middle-class youth become overrepresented on college teams.

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Kirsten Hextrum
2021
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U.S. Women’s National Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Discrimination | SI Now | Sports Illustrated

The entire United States women’s national soccer team has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. SI legal analyst Michael McCann unpacks the players’ case and how he expects it to play out.

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2019
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The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being: Exercise, Diet, and Emotional Balance

Millions have benefited from Dr. Cooper’s famous aerobic exercise programs. He has revolutionized the way Americans get in shape and stay in shape. Now, he presents a complete program for total well-being—physically, nutritionally, emotionally.

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Kenneth H. Cooper
1985
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#HowYouSeeMe - How to Talk about Disability with Four Successful Women.

Eone has hosted virtual panel with Becca Meyers, Catherine Elliott, Lizzi Smith and Mallory Weggemann! Hear what these four amazing individuals have to say about embracing their differences and how they tackle the World.

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2021
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Olympian Gracie Gold Gets Candid About Her Mental Health with Michelle Kwan | Thank You Notes

Michelle Kwan may be one of the best figure skaters of all time, but it’s her incredible resolve that made her such an inspiration to fellow skater Gracie Gold. In this video, Gracie tells Michelle: “You once estimated that you’ve fallen 131,000 times in your skating career.

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2020
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Derrick Coleman Hopes to Inspire Kids to Overcome Obstacles

The hearing-impaired Seattle Seahawks fullback is out with his inspirational memoir, “No Excuses.”

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2015
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Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation

Wheels of Courage tells the stirring story of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who were paralyzed on the battlefield during World War II-at the Battle of the Bulge, on the island of Okinawa, inside Japanese POW camps—only to return to a world unused to dealing with their traumatic injuries.

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David Davis
2022
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Working Out, Working Within: The Tao of Inner Fitness Through Sports and Exercise

During physical training, we can experience something deeper than just the burn of working out. We can achieve spiritual awareness and know that we are alive and healthy.

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Jerry Lynch, Chungliang Al Huang
1999
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