History podcast. Find it now where you listen to podcasts. Professor Amira Rose Davis examines the history of africanamerican women in sports, including women who played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950s, and women who participated in olympic sports. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting. Is a Amira Rose Davis professed or professor of history at Penn State College in pennsylvania and is working on a book about the lives and labors of women athletes in the age of jim crow. Thanks for joining us on American History tv. Professor davis thanks for having me. Steve let me begin with your book, expected to be published in about a year. What have you learned so far . Professor davis so many things. I started the project asking, is there a long history of black women in sports . I found more than i expected to find. There wasnt any archive labeled history of black women in sports. By the time i pieced it together, i would say i got started
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You all have lots of time to enjoy a. We will have a signing directly after this session if youd like to get a copy at the Barnes Noble Book can tend we will have a little discussion pass some speakers the real open for questions i want to introduce you to lydia who was the author of this great book dust bowl girls. The inspiring story of the team babars barnstormed its way to basketball glory. Lydia reeder comes to us from denver but grew up in oklahoma where this true story takes place this is her first book and is the grand niece of the coach of one of the main figures in the story so we will talk about how she can about the story and how she got to this amazing book we can read today and talk about what is going on in todays world. So how did you bring these girls to life . They lived quite a bit ago if you were able to get inside their heads. How did you make that happen . I read their diaries and the their journals and the personal letters talk to their relatives and i could talk