University Of Illinois Press Passing the baton: black women track stars and american identity, paperback/cat m. ariail

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After World War II, the United States used international sport to promote democratic values and its image of an ideal citizen.

But African American women excelling in track and field upset such notions.

Cat M.

Ariail examines how athletes such as Alice Coachman, Mae Faggs, and Wilma Rudolph forced American sport cultures--both white and Black--to reckon with the athleticism of African American women.

Marginalized still further in a low-profile sport, young Black women nonetheles.