Download or read book Interesting Athletes written by George L. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black athletes have had remarkable impact on boxing, baseball, football, and basketball. In this fascinating record, illustrator George Lee chronicles the careers of such boxing greats as George Dixon, the first black world champion, and Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most famous man in the world when he was fighting, as well as figures from other sports, such as Jackie Robinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Arthur Ashe.