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ERIC ED220437: Black Women in Sport.

An overview of the achievements of black women in sports is presented in this collection of essays, biographical sketches, and philosophical investigations. The work is divided into five chapters, the first of which focuses on prejudice (racial and sexual), absence of black women as subjects in the research base, work/home/family pressures, black sports competency as "natural," and other myths and realities of the involvement of women in black sports. Chapter 2 presents biographical sketches of 17 outstanding black sportswomen, detailing athletic achievements, honors and awards, career and edu…