We were better runners : African Americans and the Summer Olympics, 1932-1948 / Stanley Keith Arnold -- Sporting congregations : the foundation of Black college football / Derrick E. White -- From Chitlins to (secondary) championships : limited opportunities for African American professional wrestlers / Kevin Hogg -- Social justice and Black basketball : playing the game on and off the court / Demetrius W. Pearson -- Social responsibility and accountability : Dr. Harry Edwards and the paradox of the Black male college athlete / Fritz G. Polite and Jeremai E. Santiago -- African American sport activism and broader social movements / Joseph N. Cooper, Michael Mallery, Jr., and Charles D.T. Macaulay -- Refusing to play their games! A Fanonian analysis and Robesonian proposition on sports, race and divestment / Miciah Z. Yehudah -- Black women's sports experiences beyond the game / F. Michelle Richardson and Akilah R. Carter-Francique -- The stories of Boobie Miles and Rysheed Jordan : how the institution of sports is failing Black male athletes / Drew D. Brown and Christina Kanu -- "Man up" : sport, masculinity and African American communities / Bruce Lee Hazelwood -- Identity construction : media, myth and perception in football recruiting / Travis R. Bell -- The (African) American dream : spectacle and post-racial teleology in U.S. Sports films / Nathan Kalman-Lamb -- Rethinking sports fetishism in contemporary African American art / Daniel Haxall.
Summary:
"Race and sports scholar Harry Edward was among the first to ask: "What have sports done for the African American athlete and vise-versa?" The answer: each has made and continues to make momentous contributions to the other. Edward's inquiry sparked various examinations of sport that revealed both the successes and an impediments experienced by many black athletes. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explores the inextricable ties between African Americans and sports culture. Contributors address such topics as the historical context of African American participation in major U.S. sports, social justice and responsibility, gender and identity, and media and art"-- Provided by publisher.
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