A Sporting Chance
Achievements of African-Canadian Athletes
Over the years, Canadians have smugly asserted their country's more tolerant culture in race relations. Yet as this story of African-Canadian participation in sports demonstrates, the record is far more troubling. In reality, Canada's record in matters of race was a disturbing blend of occasional good intentions and ugly practices. The study of the Black athletic experience in Canada is not only a revealing portrait into our past, but also one more demonstration of some time-honoured truths about human achievement and the necessity of the public will to provide open and fair forums for equal access to participation. Presented in a chronologi…
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- ISBN: 978-1-77070-679-8
- EAN: 9781770706798
- Produktnummer: 20460928
- Verlag: Dundurn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 168 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'949 KB
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Humber is a selector for Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Canada's Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as his hometown Clarington Sports Hall of Fame, and was an honorary inductee into Saskatchewan's Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. He is included in the Canadian Who's Who, was a recipient of a Queen's Golden Jubilee medal in 2003, and lives with his family in Bowmanville, Ontario, where he is active in many aspects of his community's character and future growth.
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