Integrating the Gridiron : Black Civil Rights and American College Football /

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Even the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Yet before and after these heroes staked a claim for African Americans in professional sports, dozens of college athletes asserted their own civil rights on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demas, Lane
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Football > United States > History.
College sports > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Racism in sports > United States.
African American athletes > Social conditions.
Civil rights movements > History.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
Racisme dans les sports > États-Unis.
Sportifs noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Football.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African American athletes > Social conditions
Civil rights movements
College sports
Discrimination in sports
Football
Racism in sports
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Even the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Yet before and after these heroes staked a claim for African Americans in professional sports, dozens of college athletes asserted their own civil rights on the amateur playing field, and continue to do so today. This book is devoted to exploring the racial politics of college athletics, and it examines the history of African Americans on predominantly white college football teams from the nineteenth century through today. The author compares the acceptance and treatment of black student athletes by presenting compelling stories of those who integrated teams nationwide, and illuminates race relations in a number of regions, including the South, Midwest, West Coast, and Northeast. Focused case studies examine the University of California, Los Angeles in the late 1930s; integrated football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright incident; the southern response to black players and the 1955 integration of the Sugar Bowl; and black protest in college football and the 1969 University of Wyoming "Black 14." Each of these issues drew national media attention and transcended the world of sports, revealing how fans, and non fans, used college football to shape their understanding of the larger civil rights movement.
Descripción Física:1 online resource ([xi], 180 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813549316
0813549310
1282562495
9781282562493

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