Found 2 collections related to African American athletes

Kurt Boone (1959-), also known as Kurt B Boone or Messenger 841, is an author and photographer with a deep interest in documenting street culture. He is best known for his work as a New York City foot courier and for his books that highlight urban subcultures through poetry and photography. The Kurt Boone Unpublished Manuscripts (1989-2023) contains outlines, drafts, and correspondence related to the following unpublished manuscripts: "Cortlandt Street: Remembering the World Trade Center", "A Kid Dream: The Chase for the Black Athlete", and "Hands Up Don't Shoot". less

Quincy Troupe (born 1939) is a poet, author, and editor, perhaps best known for co-writing Miles: The Autobiography (1989) with the influential jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. His father, Quincy Trouppe, Sr., was an all-star catcher in Negro league baseball. The Quincy Troupe papers, dating from 1915 to 2008, mainly document Troupe's career from the mid-1970s to 2008. They also hold the scrapbooks of Quincy Trouppe, Sr. less