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From Jack Johnson to LeBron James : Sports, Media, and the Color Line /

"From Jack Johnson to LeBron James examines the intersection of sports, race, and the media in the twentieth century and beyond. The essays are linked by a number of questions, including: How did the black and white media differ in content and context in their reporting of these stories? How di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lamb, Chris, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Short title table of contents: Framing white hopes : the... era of Jack Johnson
  • Jesse Owens, a black pearl ..: a case study of press coverage
  • Mutifarious hero: Joe Louis
  • Outside the pale: the exclusion of blacks from the National Football League, 1934-1946.
  • Democracy on the field: the Black press takes on white baseball.
  • A nod from destiny: [coverage] of Kenny Washington's entry into the National Football League.
  • Jackie Robinson and the American mind
  • "This is it!": the public relations of Wendell Smith and Jackie Robinson...
  • Integrating New Year's Day: the racial politics of college bowl games in the American South.
  • Main Bout, Inc. : the cancelled Muhammad Ali-Ernie Terrell fight.
  • A "race" for equality: press coverage of the 1968 Olympic protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos
  • Sports Illustrated's African American Athlete series
  • Rebellion in the kingdom of swat: coverage of Curt Flood's lawsuit against Major League Baseball
  • Chasing Babe Ruth: coverage of Hank Aaron-- Arthur Ashe: coverage of USA Today's outing
  • Michael Jordan's family values
  • Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and a "little social concern"
  • I'm the king of the world: Barry Bonds and the race for the record
  • Redemption in the field: Michael Vick
  • Weighing in on the coaching decision
  • The LeBron James decision in the age of Obama.
  • Framing white hopes: the press, social drama, and the era of Jack Johnson, 1908-1915 / Phillip J. Hutchison
  • Jesse Owens, a black pearl amidst an ocean of fury: a case study of press coverage of the 1936 Berlin Olympic games / Pamela C. Laucella
  • Multifarious hero: Joe Louis, American society, and race relations during world crisis, 1935-1946 / Dominic J. Capeci Jr. and Martha Wilkerson
  • Outside the pale: the exclusion of blacks from the National Football League, 1934-1946 / Thomas G. Smith
  • Democracy on the field: the Black press takes on White baseball / Chris Lamb and Glen L. Bleske
  • A nod from destiny: how sportswriters for White and African American newspapers covered Kenny Washington's entry into the National Football league / Ronald Bishop
  • Jackie Robinson and the American mind: journalistic perceptions of the reintegration of baseball / William Simons
  • "This is it!" The public relations campaign waged by Wendell Smith and Jackie Robinson to cast Robinson's first season as an unqualified success / Brian Carroll
  • Integrating New Year's Day: the racial politics of college bowl games in the American South / Charles H. Martin
  • Main Bout, Inc., Black economic power, and professional boxing: the canceled Muhammad Ali-Ernie Terrell fight / Michael Ezra
  • A "race" for equality: print media coverage of the 1968 Olympic protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos / Jason Peterson
  • Sports Illustrated's African American athlete series as socially responsible journalism / Reed Smith
  • Rebellion in the kingdom of swat: sportswriters, African American athletes, and coverage of Curt Flood's lawsuit against major league baseball / William Gillis
  • Chasing Babe Ruth: an analysis of newspaper coverage of Hank Aaron's pursuit of the career home run record / Maureen Smith
  • Arthur Ashe: an analysis of newspaper journalists' coverage of USA Today's outing / Pamela C. Laucella
  • Michael Jordan's family values: marketing, meaning, and post-Reagan America / Mary G. McDonald
  • Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and "a little social concern": reflections on the problems of whiteness in contemporary American sport / Douglas Hartmann
  • I'm the king of the world: Barry Bonds and the race for the record / Lisa Doris Alexander
  • Redemption on the field: framing, narrative, and race in media coverage of Michael Vick / Bryan Carr
  • Weighing in on the coaching decision: discussing sports and race online / Jimmy Sanderson
  • The LeBron James decision in the age of Obama / Jamal L. Ratchford.