03357nam 2200757 a 450 991081151270332120231206223835.01-62103-256-61-283-62968-297866139421351-61703-139-9(CKB)3170000000046149(EBL)819516(OCoLC)778431705(SSID)ssj0000581059(PQKBManifestationID)11343472(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581059(PQKBWorkID)10525328(PQKB)10993790(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206540(MdBmJHUP)muse846(Au-PeEL)EBL819516(CaPaEBR)ebr10521469(Au-PeEL)EBL4977778(CaONFJC)MIL394213(OCoLC)1024277270(Au-PeEL)EBL30646106(MiAaPQ)EBC819516(MiAaPQ)EBC30646106(MiAaPQ)EBC4977778(EXLCZ)99317000000004614920110609d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCurt Flood in the media[electronic resource] baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete /Abraham Iqbal Khan1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippic20121 online resource (221 p.)Race, rhetoric, and media seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61703-138-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Curt Flood and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete; 2. Curt Flood's Public Case; 3. Jackie Robinson and the Rhetoric of the Black Press; 4. The Disappearance of Curt Flood's Blackness; 5. Race, Slavery, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete; 6. Race and Memory in Sport's Public Sphere; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; YCurt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had vRace, rhetoric, and media series.African American baseball playersBiographyBaseballLaw and legislationUnited StatesDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesFree agents (Sports)United StatesAfrican American baseball playersBaseballLaw and legislationDiscrimination in sportsFree agents (Sports)796.357092BKhan Abraham Iqbal1717397MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811512703321Curt Flood in the media4113617UNINA