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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beyond Jackie Robinson: racial integration in American college football and new directions in sport history
  • "On the threshold of broad and rich football pastures": integrated college football at UCLA, 1938-1941
  • "A fist that was very much intentional" : postwar football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright scandal
  • "We play anyone" : deciphering the racial politics of Georgia and the 1956 Sugar Bowl controversy
  • "Beat the devil out of BYU" : football and black power in the mountain west, 1968-1970.

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