Sidelined : How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Henderson, Simon, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports > Social aspects.
Discrimination in sports.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American athletes > Social conditions.
African American athletes.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire.
Sportifs noirs americains > Biographies.
Sportifs noirs americains > Histoire.
Sportifs noirs americains > Conditions sociales.
Sports > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African American athletes > Biography.
African American athletes > History.
Sports > Social aspects > United States.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Locating the Black Athletic Revolt in the Black Freedom Struggle
  • The Olympic Project for Human Rights : Genesis and Response
  • The Black Athletic Revolt on Campus
  • Black Gloves and Gold Medals : Protests, Meanings, and Reactions at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
  • Beyond Mexico City : Sport, Race, Culture, and Politics
  • Dixie and the Absence of a Black Athletic Revolt
  • Conclusion.

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