Sport and protest in the Black Atlantic
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Sport and protest in the Black Atlantic
(Routledge research in sports history)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first book to bring together histories of athlete protest from across the Black Atlantic
Topical, with sport and athletes now featuring in political protest and social movements across the world
International, with case studies from the US, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa
Table of Contents
Introduction, 1. Sojourning African American Ballplayers in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1920-1950, 2. Sports and African American Emancipation: Edwin Bancroft Henderson's View on Sports in The Messenger in the 1920s, 3. South African Weightlifting, the International Sports Boycott and Artists and Athletes against Apartheid c. 1948-1990: "Coincidental, Parallel and Common Struggles", 4. The Role of Race and Protest in American Professional Basketball: Pro Basketball's Hidden Fear, 5. Contextualization of Africa's Historic Boycott of the 1966 World Cup and Its Legacy, 6. Black Power and Student Protest against Uncle Tomism at Grambling College, 7. The War of the Santos Football Club during Its 1969 African Tour, 8. Bill Cain's "Scrutiny," and His Transformation into an Athlete Ambassador in French Professional Basketball, 9. Feyisa Lilesa and the Transnational Protest of Ethiopia's Most Enduring Olympian, 10. A Historical Account of Caster Semenya's Decade-Long Protest of the IAAF and IOC's Sex Policies and Definition of Femininity
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