Wilma Rudolph: Distinguished Visitors Program lecture, UMass Amherst

Item Information

Title:
Wilma Rudolph: Distinguished Visitors Program lecture, UMass Amherst
Description:
Invited lecture by Wilma Rudolph, bronze medalist in 1956 Olympics and three-time gold medalist in 1960, Female Athlete of the Year, speaking on her life; upbringing as the 20th of 22 children in small-town Tennessee, with a disability (leg braces); sports career; sports in the lives of African American children; television special on her life.
Speaker:
Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994
Sponsor:
Distinguished Visitors Program (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Date:
1978
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Audiocassettes
Lectures
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
University of Massachusetts Amherst Sound Recordings
Series:
Tapes
Subjects:
African American athletes
Disabled children
Olympic athletes
Women athletes
Extent:
1 audio recording ; 00:56:32
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg185_2-n317-i001
Terms of Use:
Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg185_2-n317-i001