03531nam 2200733Ia 450 991080783720332120200520144314.00-8131-4258-X1-299-40207-00-8131-4155-9(CKB)2550000001017836(EBL)1160301(SSID)ssj0000863948(PQKBManifestationID)11503885(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000863948(PQKBWorkID)10832277(PQKB)11592121(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155732(MiAaPQ)EBC1160301(OCoLC)836848757(MdBmJHUP)muse25463(MiAaPQ)EBC30392640(Au-PeEL)EBL30392640(EXLCZ)99255000000101783620130222d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSidelined how American sports challenged the Black freedom struggle /Simon Henderson1st ed.Lexington University Press of Kentucky20131 online resource (245 p.)Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth CenturyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-4154-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 pageIn 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 ideas struck a chord with athletes and incited African American Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos to protest by raising their black-gloved fists on the podium after receiving their medals.Sidelined draws upon a wide range of historical materials and more than forty oral histories with athletes Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth CenturyAfrican American athletesBiographyAfrican American athletesHistoryAfrican American athletesSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistoryDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesHistorySportsSocial aspectsUnited StatesAfrican American athletesAfrican American athletesHistory.African American athletesSocial conditions.African AmericansCivil rightsHistory.Civil rights movementsHistory.Discrimination in sportsHistory.SportsSocial aspects306.4/830973Henderson Simon1979-1606180MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807837203321Sidelined3931843UNINA