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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henderson, Simon, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (244 pages).
ISBN:9780813141558

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