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East End Heroes, Stateside Kings: The Amazing True Story of Three Football Players Who Changed the World
On April 1, 1972, West Ham United made sports history by becoming the first club from the highest echelon of English football to field three black players in League competition Clive Charles was born in Canning Town, just a few miles from the Hammers' Upton Park home; Ade Coker came to London from Nigeria; and Clyde Best had made his way to London's Docklands from Bermuda. All went on to great success in the United States. After being named by Pelé in the all-time greatest NASL team, Charles managed the leading College side Portland Timbers, guided the American Women to World Cup glory, and achieved historic results in Olympic competition with the U.S. Under-23s. Best grew to be a legend in the NASL, and along with Charles, was one of only four former West Ham players to manage at international level when he took over the Bermudan national side. Coker was another leading light in the modern game and represented the U.S. at international level, overcoming devastating injury. Painstakingly researched, with a foreword and interview with entertainer Kenny Lynch on the nature of support in the 1970s from a black perspective, this book tells the story of three young black men who changed sports history. .
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Breathes There A Soldier: The World War II Memoir of Robert F. Heatley
Stateside Training and Pacific Theater Combat 1942-1946
World War II, the most desperate stuggle ever endured by mankind, changed the world forever and those who fought in its battles Sergeant Robert Heatley, a U.S. Army infantryman, put pen to paper recording history as it was made. Breathes There A Soldier, the compilation of his journals, brings to life the experiences, both humorous and horrific, of an American soldier in the Pacific Theater. From the grind of combat training, to the agony of the battlefield, Sergeant Heatley's first person account of the 81st Infantry Division in World War II is a welcome addition to the genre of the U.S. Army's contribution to American history..
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Music from Cuba: Mongo Santamaria, Chocolate Armenteros, and Other Stateside Cuban Musicians
Studies of Latin American music often overlook its Cuban roots and the political policies that brought the musicians to the United States. This work rectifies that omission by examining the Afro-Cuban influence upon Latin American music and its various idioms. A brief history of Afro-Cuban musicians in the United States provides the background and context for the study. Influential pre-revolutionary Afro-Cuban immigrant musicians, such as Mongo Santamaria, Jesus Caunedo, Charanga and Pup Legarreta, Juan Carlos Formell, and Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, discuss both their music and their attitudes toward the political policies that led them to flee Cuba. Speaking from firsthand experience, founding figures of Latin music in the United States present unique insights into the Afro-Cuban experience within the Latin musical community. Adding to the musicians' stories, Gerard provides a history of relations between Cubans, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans in the Latin music community. He also discusses the impact of the mass emigration in the 1980s that brought many more Cubans to the States. This multicultural approach to Latin American music will appeal to music and Latin American history scholars and to jazz and Latin music enthusiasts. An appendix includes album listings for the musicians interviewed..
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Despite major changes stateside, overseas voting remains the same.(Voting Matters): An article from: Campaigns & Elections
This digital document is an article from Campaigns & Elections, published by Campaigns & Elections, Inc. on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 856 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Despite major changes stateside, overseas voting remains the same.(Voting Matters) Author: Dan Seligson Publication:Campaigns & Elections (Refereed) Date: May 1, 2004 Publisher: Campaigns & Elections, Inc. Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Page: 47(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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