Race across America : Eddie Gardner and the Great Bunion Derbies / Charles B. Kastner.

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Kastner, Charles B, 1955- [author.]

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TextSeries: Sports and entertainmentPublication details: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (338 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780815654421
0815654421

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race Across America : Eddie Gardner and the Great Bunion Derbies.DDC classification:

796.42/4097309042 23

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GV1061.2

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Contents:

A marriage of convenience -- The lieutenant's ex-wife -- A man like no other -- When stars collide.

Summary: ""When Running Made History" focuses on African American sports history, and on the power of sports to advance social justice. It follows three black bunioneers--Eddie Gardner, Tobie Joseph Cotton Jr., and Sammy Robinson--as they raced across America in the 1928 bunion derby. Each runner faced the wrath of Jim Crow, as they participated in an integrated footrace in the segregated South. Kastner pays special attention to Eddie Gardner, "The Sheik of Seattle," and his evolution from a competitive runner into a warrior in the struggle for racial equality in America"-- Provided by publisher

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A marriage of convenience -- The lieutenant's ex-wife -- A man like no other -- When stars collide.

""When Running Made History" focuses on African American sports history, and on the power of sports to advance social justice. It follows three black bunioneers--Eddie Gardner, Tobie Joseph Cotton Jr., and Sammy Robinson--as they raced across America in the 1928 bunion derby. Each runner faced the wrath of Jim Crow, as they participated in an integrated footrace in the segregated South. Kastner pays special attention to Eddie Gardner, "The Sheik of Seattle," and his evolution from a competitive runner into a warrior in the struggle for racial equality in America"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.

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