Sidelined : : How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle.
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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| Superior document: | Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century Series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lexington : : University Press of Kentucky,, 2013. Ã2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (245 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- TItle Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- PReface
- Chapter 1. Locating the Black Athletic Revolt in the Black Freedom Struggle
- Chapter 2. The Olympic Project for Human Rights
- Chapter 3. The Black Athletic Revolt on Campus
- Chapter 4. Black Gloves and Gold Medals
- Chapter 5. Beyond Mexico City
- Chapter 6. Dixie and the Absence of a Black Athletic Revolt
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page.