Chapter 1 An Introduction: Race and Sport in America 1 --
Part 1 Professional Sport --
Chapter 2 Major League Baseball: African-American Pioneers in America's Favorite Pastime 9 --
First African-American Player in MLB / Jackie Robinson 14 --
First African-American Player in MLB's American League / Larry Doby 19 --
First African-American Coach in MLB / John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil 23 --
First African-American Manager in MLB / Frank Robinson 28 --
First African-American General Manager in MLB / Bill Lucas 31 --
First African-American National League President of MLB / Bill White 34 --
First African-American Manager in MLB to Win a World Series / Cito Gaston 37 --
First African-American General Manager in MLB's American League / Bob Watson 40 --
First African-American President in MLB / Ulice Payne, Jr. 43 --
Chapter 3 NFL Pioneers: A Story of Pioneers in Two Eras 47 --
First African-America Coach in the NFL / Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard 51 --
One of the First Two African-American Players in the Modern-Day NFL / Kenny "Kingfish" Washington 55 --
One of the First Two African-American Players in the Modern-Day NFL / Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Woolrine Strode 59 --
First African-American Coach in the Modern-Day NFL / Arthur Shell 62 --
First African-American General Manager in the NFL / Ozzie Newsome 65 --
First African-American Coaches to Face Off in the Super Bowl / Lovie Smith, Tony Dungy 68 --
First African-American Coach to Win the Super Bowl / Tony Dungy 71 --
Chapter 4 NBA: The NBA Is the Pioneer Leader 75 --
First African-American Player to Be Signed to the NBA / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton 78 --
First African-American Player to Be Drafted into the NBA / Charles "Chuck" Cooper 84 --
First African-American Player to Play in the NBA / Earl Lloyd 87 --
First African-American to Be Selected to an NBA All-Star Team / Don Angelo Barksdale 90 --
First African-American Head Coach of Any Major Professional Sport / Bill Russell 93 --
First African-American General Manager and President of a Professional Sports Franchise / Wayne Embry 97 --
First African-American Coaches to Face Off in a Professional Championship / Al Attles, K.C. Jones 101 --
First African-American Owners of a Professional Sports Franchise / Peter Bynoe, Robert Johnson 104 --
Chapter 5 National Hockey League: African-American Players in a Traditionally White Sport 109 --
First Black Player in the NHL / William O'Ree 113 --
Chapter 6 Tennis and Golf: Country Clubs' Slow Integration of Great Sports 117 --
First African-American to Win Wimbledon / Althea Gibson 123 --
First African-American to Win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open / Arthur Ashe 128 --
First African-American Golfer on the PGA Tour / Charlie Sifford 133 --
First African-American to Play in the Masters / Lee Elder 136 --
Chapter 7 Boxing: Champions Who Set the World Stage 139 --
First African-American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion / John Arthur "Jack" Johnson 141 --
African-American Boxing Pioneer for the Human Race / Joe Louis Barrow 145 --
"The Greatest" / Muhammad Ali 149 --
Chapter 8 College Coaching Ranks Still Show Long Way to Go in Spite of Great Pioneers 157 --
First African-American Head Coach in the Ivy League / Larry Ellis 163 --
First African-American Head Coach in the Big Ten Conference / Payton Fuller 165 --
First African-American Head Coach in the Southeastern Conference / Fletcher Carr 167 --
First African-American Coach in the Big 12 Conference / Marian Washington 171 --
First African-American Head Football Coach at a Division I-A University / Willie Jefferies 173 --
First African-American Coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference / Robert Purnell Wade 176 --
Black Coaches & Administrators / John Thompson, Jr. 179 --
Black Coaches & Administrators / George Raveling 183 --
Black Coaches & Administrators / John Chaney 187 --
Black Coaches & Administrators / Nolan Richardson 191 --
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Man / Eddie Robinson 194 --
First African-American Female Head Coach to Win an NCAA Women's Basketball Championship / Carolyn Peck 201 --
First Basketball Coach to Take Three Schools to the Final Four / C. Vivian Stringer 205 --
First African-American Coach to Win a Division I-A Bowl Game / Tyrone Willingham 209 --
Chapter 9 College Administrators: African-American Athletics Directors Who Opened the Door 213 --
First African-American Athletics Directors in the Ivy League / Abraham Molineaux Hewlett, Charles Harris 217 --
First African-American Athletics Director at a Major Division I Institution / Gale Sayers 221 --
First African-American Athletics Director in the Big Ten Conference / McKinley Boston 225 --
First African-American Athletics Director in the Big 12 Conference / Gene Smith 229 --
First African-American Athletics Director in the Atlantic Coast Conference / Craig Littlepage 232 --
First African-American Athletics Director in the Southeastern Conference / Damon Evans 236 --
Chapter 10 Student-Athletes Play with Courage 239 --
Section 1 Southeastern Conference Student-Athlete Pioneers 245 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Kentucky and in the SEC / Nat Northington 246 --
First African-American Football Scholarship Student-Athlete at the University of Tennessee / Lester McClain 249 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Vanderbilt University / Perry Wallace 253 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Georgia / Maxie Foster 257 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Auburn University / Henry Harris 260 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Florida / Ron Coleman 264 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Arkansas / Jon Richardson 267 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Mississippi / Coolidge Ball 271 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Louisiana State University / Collis Temple, Jr. 275 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Alabama / Wendell Hudson 278 --
Section 2 Atlantic Coast Conference Student-Athlete Heroes 283 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Boston College / Lou Montgomery 284 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at North Carolina State University / Irwin Holmes 287 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Maryland / Darryl Hill 291 --
First African-American Student-Athletes at Wake Forest University / William Smith, Robert Grant, Kenneth Henry 295 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Duke University / C.B.
First African-American Student-Athlete at Florida State University / Fred Flowers 301 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Miami / Ray Bellamy 305 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill / Charlie Scott 309 --
First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology / Jerry Gaines 312 --
First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at the Georgia Institute of Technology / Eddie McAshan 316 --
First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at Clemson University / Craig Mobley 319 --
Section 3 Big 12 Conference Student-Athlete Barrier Breakers 323 --
First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Kansas / Sherman, Grant, Ed Harvey 324 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Nebraska / George Flippin 327 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Iowa State University / Johnny "Jack" Trice 330 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Kansas State University / Harold Robinson 333 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Missouri / Al Abram 336 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Oklahoma / Prentice Gautt 339 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Oklahoma State University / Orlando Hazley 343 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Texas / James Means 345 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Baylor University / John Westbrook 347 --
Section 4 Big 10 Conference Student-Athlete Trailblazers 353 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at University of Michigan / Moses Fleetwood Walker 354 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at The Ohio State University / Frederick Douglass Patterson 359 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Indiana University / Preston Eagleson 362 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Iowa / Carleton W. "Kinney" Holbrook 366 --
First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Wisconsin / Julian Ware, Adelbert Richard Matthews 370 --
First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Illinois / Roy Young, Hiram Wheeler 373 --
First African-American Football Player at the University of Minnesota / Bobby "Rube" Marshall 375 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at The Pennsylvania State University / Cumberland Posey, Jr. 378 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Michigan State University / Gideon Smith 382 --
Section 5 Ivy League Student-Athlete Leaders 387 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Brown University / William Edward White 388 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Harvard University / William Henry Lewis 392 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Dartmouth University / Matthew Washington Bullock 396 --
First African-American Student-Athlete at Columbia University / John Howard Johnson 400 --
First African-American Football Student-Athlete at Cornell University / Jerome "Brud" Holland 402.
