Text in Russian. Abstracts in English, French, and Spanish.

The history of Black professional football is obscure, although it is known that in the early years Black and White athletes played together on basis of ability. Several Black Americans were members of early professional football teams; however, in the late 1920s, they seemed to disappear from team rosters. Each of the eighteen Black professional…

Recounted are the short and unhappy lives of two brilliant young men, poet Thomas Chatterton and mathematician Evariste Galois. (CL)

Profiles the poet Arnold Adoff: his life, influences, theoretical underpinnings of his work (balance, integration and utility), and the work itself. (SR)

Presents an appreciation of Russell Freedman, writer of children's nonfiction. Discusses Freedman's life and the development of his craft. (ARH)

Presents biographical sketch of Patricia MacLachlan, 1986 Newbery Award winner. (DF)

A review, with biographical information, of Thomas J. Carroll's accomplishments and influence on services for blind persons discusses Carroll's leadership in transferring rehabilitation concepts developed during World War II for blinded servicemen to community agencies and his role in expanding psychosocial and mobility programs. (Author/CL)

Discussed are Marx's roles as a student, a journalist-scholar, a revolutionary, and a family member. Revealed is a political and intellectual figure of enormous stature and complexity, but a person typically human in passions and commitments, strengths, and shortcomings. (RM)

Justin Winsor was one of the giants in the field of librarianship who used his intelligence and energy to create better, more accessible libraries. His innovative work was done during the last half of the nineteenth century, primarily at Boston Public Library and Harvard University. (LS)

This textbook aims to teach children the history of the country by making them acquainted with some of the most illustrious actors in it. The biographical method adopted offers a great advantage, by giving the younger pupil interesting glimpses of life in other times by means of personal anecdote.

Upon the occasion of her death, Australian Joan Tully is recognized for her contributions to education and to Australian harmony. The author quotes extensively from Tully's thoughts on the education of women as they were presented in a conference paper. (AG)

The accomplishments of Dr. Bogardus as a teacher, organizer, administrator, researcher, author, editor, and sociologist are summarized. (PS)

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The retiring Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), David H. Clift, is honored by this brief biographical profile which discusses his early library career and the 20 years at ALA. (SJ)