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Sidelined : how American sports challenged the Black freedom struggle /
In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's ideas struck a chord with athletes and incited African American Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos to protest by raising their black-gloved fists on the podium after receiving their medals. This book draws upon a wide range of historical materials and more than forty oral histories with athletes and administrators to explore how the Black athletic revolt used professional and college sports to promote the struggle for civil rights in the late 1960s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813141558 0813141559 9780813141565 0813141567 081314258X 9780813142586 |