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.
Summary:
"A collection of essays about the intersection of sports, race, and the media in the 20th century and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
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