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Author:

Henderson, Simon, 1979-

Title:

Sidelined : how American sports challenged the Black freedom struggle / Simon Henderson.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xiv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Discrimination in sports--United States--History.
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
African American athletes--Social conditions.
African American athletes--History.
African American athletes--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
Civil rights movements--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index.

Contents:

Locating the Black athletic revolt in the Black freedom struggle -- The Olympic Project for Human Rights: genesis and response -- The Black athletic revolt on campus -- Black gloves and gold medals: protests, meanings, and reactions at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics -- Beyond Mexico City: sport, race, culture, and politics -- Dixie and the absence of a Black athletic revolt.

Series:

Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century

ISBN:

0813141540 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813141541 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2012047714

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)