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Raising the bar : Alice Coachman and the boundaries of postwar American identity, 1946-1948
Sprints of citizenship : identity politics and black women's athleticism, 1951-1952
Passing the baton toward belonging : Mae Faggs and the making of the Americanness of black American track women, 1954-1956
Winning as American women : the heteronormativity of black women athletic heroines, 1958-1960
"Olympian quintessence" : Wilma Rudolph, athletic femininity, and American iconicity, 1960-1962
Conclusion. The precarity of the baton pass : race, gender, and the enduring barriers to American belonging.
Sprints of citizenship : identity politics and black women's athleticism, 1951-1952
Passing the baton toward belonging : Mae Faggs and the making of the Americanness of black American track women, 1954-1956
Winning as American women : the heteronormativity of black women athletic heroines, 1958-1960
"Olympian quintessence" : Wilma Rudolph, athletic femininity, and American iconicity, 1960-1962
Conclusion. The precarity of the baton pass : race, gender, and the enduring barriers to American belonging.