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- ↑ Jennifer H. Lansbury -A Spectacular Leap: Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century America 2014 1610755421 Unfortunately, not enough of the girls who signed up stayed with the sport to form a team, so the coach at the center introduced Joyner to George Ward, who coached girls' track at Franklin ... Her participation with the Railers would set her on a.
- ↑ Jackie Joyner-Kersee A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female 1999 044693027X However, once they heard the names Ward and Fennoy —men they knew and trusted— they gave me permission to join the Railers.
- ↑ Gerald Lyn Early Ain't But a Place: An Anthology of African American Writings about ..- 1998 . 1883982286 While boys had high school and junior high teams, Little League baseball and Pop Warner football, girls in our community ... Although I didn't realize it at the time, my participation on the Railers squad set me on a course that would lead far ...
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