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3) Usain Bolt
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"This title introduces readers to Usain Bolt, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his sprinting career."--
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
7) Long-armed Ludy and the first women's Olympics: based on the true story of Lucile Ellerbe Godbold
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of how Lucile Godbold qualified for the first Women's Olympics but had no money to go, so her college classmates helped raise money to send her to Paris where she won the gold medal.
10) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
13) Track and field
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of track competitions, the various events involved, as well as several of the stars in this sport.
15) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic runner, who overcame childhood illnesses to become the first American to win three gold medals in the Olympics.
17) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Wilma Rudolph, a sickly child born to a poor family in rural Tennessee who went on to become a world famous, record-breaking, Olympic track star.
18) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Complemented by full-color photos, information sidebars and quotes, an early reader biography of the track-and-field Olympic gold medalist describes his childhood on an Alabama farm, his years as a world record-breaking student athlete, the discrimination that challenged his ambitions and his four gold-medal wins at the 1936 games in Berlin."--
19) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A brief biography of African American Olympic track star Jesse Owens."--
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