Race Culture And The Revolt Of The Black Athlete

Author : Douglas Hartmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226318559

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Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete by Douglas Hartmann Pdf

Ever since 1968 a single iconic image of race in American sport has remained indelibly etched on our collective memory: sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos accepting medals at the Mexico City Olympics with their black-gloved fists raised and heads bowed. But what inspired their protest? What happened after they stepped down from the podium? And how did their gesture impact racial inequalities? Drawing on extensive archival research and newly gathered oral histories, Douglas Hartmann sets out to answer these questions, reconsidering this pivotal event in the history of American sport. He places Smith and Carlos within the broader context of the civil rights movement and the controversial revolt of the black athlete. Although the movement drew widespread criticism, it also led to fundamental reforms in the organizational structure of American amateur athletics. Moving from historical narrative to cultural analysis, Hartmann explores what we can learn about the complex relations between race and sport in contemporary America from this episode and its aftermath.

Author : Harry Edwards
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252051548

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The Revolt of the Black Athlete by Harry Edwards Pdf

The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. At the same time, he engages with the struggles of a present still rife with racism, double-standards, and economic injustice. Again relating the rebellion of black athletes to a larger spirit of revolt among black citizens, Edwards moves his story forward to our era of protests, boycotts, and the dramatic politicization of athletes by Black Lives Matter. Incisive yet ultimately hopeful, The Revolt of the Black Athlete is the still-essential study of the conflicts at the interface of sport, race, and society.

Author : Harry Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : African American athletes
ISBN : PSU:000060597205

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The Revolt of the Black Athlete by Harry Edwards Pdf

Author : Douglas Hartmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226318561

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Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete by Douglas Hartmann Pdf

Ever since 1968 a single iconic image of race in American sport has remained indelibly etched on our collective memory: sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos accepting medals at the Mexico City Olympics with their black-gloved fists raised and heads bowed. But what inspired their protest? What happened after they stepped down from the podium? And how did their gesture impact racial inequalities? Drawing on extensive archival research and newly gathered oral histories, Douglas Hartmann sets out to answer these questions, reconsidering this pivotal event in the history of American sport. He places Smith and Carlos within the broader context of the civil rights movement and the controversial revolt of the black athlete. Although the movement drew widespread criticism, it also led to fundamental reforms in the organizational structure of American amateur athletics. Moving from historical narrative to cultural analysis, Hartmann explores what we can learn about the complex relations between race and sport in contemporary America from this episode and its aftermath.

Author : Amy Bass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-11
Category : African American athletes
ISBN : 081669365X

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Not the Triumph But the Struggle by Amy Bass Pdf

In this far-reaching account, Amy Bass offers nothing less than a history of the black athlete. Beginning with the racial eugenics discussions of the early twentieth century and their continuing reverberations in popular perceptions of black physical abilities, Bass explores ongoing African American attempts to challenge these stereotypes. Although Tommie Smith and John Carlos were reviled by Olympic officials for their demonstration, Bass traces how their protest has come to be the defining image of the 1968 Games, with lingering effects in the sports world and on American popular culture generally.

Author : Samantha N. Sheppard
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520307773

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Sporting Blackness by Samantha N. Sheppard Pdf

Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on screen. By presenting new critical terms, Sheppard analyzes not only “skin in the game,” or how racial representation shapes the genre’s imagery, but also “skin in the genre,” or the formal consequences of blackness on the sport film genre’s modes, codes, and conventions. Through a rich interdisciplinary approach, Sheppard argues that representations of Black sporting bodies contain “critical muscle memories”: embodied, kinesthetic, and cinematic histories that go beyond a film’s plot to index, circulate, and reproduce broader narratives about Black sporting and non-sporting experiences in American society.

Author : Harry Edwards
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015062083251

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The Struggle that Must be by Harry Edwards Pdf

The story of the author's struggle to make something of his life.

Author : Patrick B. Miller,David Kenneth Wiggins
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0415946115

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Sport and the Color Line by Patrick B. Miller,David Kenneth Wiggins Pdf

The essays presented in this text examine the complexity of black American sports culture, from the organization of semi-pro baseball and athletic programs at historically black colleges and universities, to the careers of individual stars such as Jack Johnson and Joe Louis.

Author : Kyle Kusz
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0820472514

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Revolt of the White Athlete by Kyle Kusz Pdf

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Author : Janelle Joseph,Simon Darnell,Yuka Nakamura
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551304144

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Race and Sport in Canada by Janelle Joseph,Simon Darnell,Yuka Nakamura Pdf

Race and Sport in Canada: Intersecting Inequalities is the first anthology to explore intersections of race with the constructions of gender, sexuality, class, and ability within the context of Canadian sport settings. Written by a collection of emerging and established scholars, this book is broadly organized around three interrelated areas: historical approaches to the study of race and sport in Canada; Canadian immigration and the study of race and sport; and the study of race and sport beyond Canada's borders. Within these themes, a variety of relevant topics are discussed, including black football players in twentieth-century Canada, the structural barriers to sports participation faced by immigrants arriving to Atlantic Canada, and NCAA scholarships and Canadian athletes. Race and Sport in Canada will be of interest to the general reader as well as to instructors and students in the fields of sport studies, sociology, critical race studies, cultural studies, and education.

Author : Howard Bryant
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780807026991

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The Heritage by Howard Bryant Pdf

Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an escape from the world’s worst problems, top athletes were treated like heroes, and cheering for the home team was as easy and innocent as hot dogs and beer. “No news on the sports page” was a governing principle in newsrooms. That was then. Today, sports arenas have been transformed into staging grounds for American patriotism and the hero worship of law enforcement. Teams wear camouflage jerseys to honor those who serve; police officers throw out first pitches; soldiers surprise their families with homecomings at halftime. Sports and politics are decidedly entwined. But as journalist Howard Bryant reveals, this has always been more complicated for black athletes, who from the start, were committing a political act simply by being on the field. In fact, among all black employees in twentieth-century America, perhaps no other group had more outsized influence and power than ballplayers. The immense social responsibilities that came with the role is part of the black athletic heritage. It is a heritage built by the influence of the superstardom and radical politics of Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos through the 1960s; undermined by apolitical, corporate-friendly “transcenders of race,” O. J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods in the following decades; and reclaimed today by the likes of LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and Carmelo Anthony. The Heritage is the story of the rise, fall, and fervent return of the athlete-activist. Through deep research and interviews with some of sports’ best-known stars—including Kaepernick, David Ortiz, Charles Barkley, and Chris Webber—as well as members of law enforcement and the military, Bryant details the collision of post-9/11 sports in America and the politically engaged post-Ferguson black athlete.

Author : Martin A. Berger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780520948341

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Seeing through Race by Martin A. Berger Pdf

Seeing through Race is a boldly original reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. Martin A. Berger’s provocative and groundbreaking study shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Berger analyzes many of these famous images—dogs and fire hoses turned against peaceful black marchers in Birmingham, tear gas and clubs wielded against voting-rights marchers in Selma—and argues that because white sympathy was dependent on photographs of powerless blacks, these unforgettable pictures undermined efforts to enact—or even imagine—reforms that threatened to upend the racial balance of power.

Author : Louis Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Politics & International Relations
ISBN : 9798216034186

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We Will Win the Day by Louis Moore Pdf

This exceedingly timely book looks at the history of black activist athletes and the important role of the black community in making sure fair play existed, not only in sports, but across U.S. society. Most books that focus on ties between sports, black athletes, and the Civil Rights Movement focus on specific issues or people. They discuss, for example, how baseball was integrated or tell the stories of individuals like Jackie Robinson or Muhammad Ali. This book approaches the topic differently. By examining the connection between sports, black athletes and the Civil Rights Movement overall, it puts the athletes and their stories into the proper context. Rather than romanticizing the stories and the men and women who lived them, it uses the roles these individuals played--or chose not to play--to illuminate the complexities and nuances in the relationship between black athletes and the fight for racial equality. Arranged thematically, the book starts with Jackie Robinson's entry into baseball when he signed with the Dodgers in 1945 and ends with the revolt of black athletes in the late 1960s, symbolized by Tommie Smith and John Carlos famously raising their clenched fists during a medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics. Accounts from the black press and the athletes themselves help illustrate the role black athletes played in the Civil Rights Movement. At the same time, the book also examines how the black public viewed sports and the contributions of black athletes during these tumultuous decades, showing how the black communities' belief in merit and democracy--combined with black athletic success--influenced the push for civil rights.

Author : Michele Dillon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521000785

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Handbook of the Sociology of Religion by Michele Dillon Pdf

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Author : Simon Henderson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780813141565

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Sidelined by Simon Henderson Pdf

A sociologist and oral historian explores the interwoven histories of sports and civil rights activism in this extensively researched volume. 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. 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. Sidelined 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. By examining activists' successes and failures in promoting racial equality on one of the most public stages in the world, Henderson sheds new light on an often-overlooked subject and gives voice to those who fought for civil rights both on the field and off.