print email comment close Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/sports/ Description: Companion to a traveling exhibit that "portrays athletes, focusing on their participation in significant events and the social contexts that influenced them. ... [T]hese undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all." Features images of artifacts and background about athletes in categories such as firsts, Olympians, "More Than Champions," and "Barrier Removers." Also includes a bibliography, filmography, and games. From the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Publisher: Smithsonian Institution LII Database Information: Record 23014 created by Maria Brandt on 12/05/2006 Last modification on 03/29/2007 Published: 04/04/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23014