San Antonio College Library

This is a biographical dictionary of 472 black men and women, mostly Americans, who have won Olympic medals between 1904 and 1988. "African-descended" is the scope including Brazilians, Cubans, and Ethiopians, but not South Africans. Beginning with an introduction by Reynold O'Neal, president of the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, the book lists Olympic athletes alphabetically. Included for each is participating country, date and place of...