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David K. Wiggins, ed. Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2006. Pp. 500. Bibliographical essay. Index. Notes. Photographs. Cloth, $34.95.
      Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes offers a welcome addition to the field of sports history. Respected historian David K. Wiggins has collected nineteen biographical essays that investigate how sports and sports figures have reflected racial struggles in American society throughout the twentieth century. Among the well-crafted essays from a wide array of sports scholars, readers will find familiar names, such as Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Wilma Rudolph, and Tiger Woods, but they will also encounter more obscure figures such as multisport star Alice Coachman, tennis champion Ora Washington, and jockey Jimmy Winkfield. . . .
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