Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being by Todd Balf

Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being

Todd Balf

306 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports hopeful slow-paced
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The story of a man who transcended the handicaps of race to become America's first African American mega sports celebrity At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Sci...

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