03327nam 2200805Ia 450 991096315100332120200520144314.09781283714372128371437X97802520942930252094298(CKB)2670000000276248(EBL)3414154(SSID)ssj0000759493(PQKBManifestationID)11451008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759493(PQKBWorkID)10784156(PQKB)10657679(StDuBDS)EDZ0000340922(OCoLC)815823823(MdBmJHUP)muse24445(Au-PeEL)EBL3414154(CaPaEBR)ebr10618658(CaONFJC)MIL402687(OCoLC)923496409(MiAaPQ)EBC3414154(Perlego)2575883(EXLCZ)99267000000027624820120322d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobetrotting African American athletes and Cold War politics /Damion L. Thomas1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20121 online resource (234 p.)Sport and societyDescription based upon print version of record.9780252082634 025208263X 9780252037177 0252037170 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War""; ""2. “Spreading the Gospel of Basketball�: The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the""; ""3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War�Era Athletic Foreign Policy""; ""4. “The Good Negroes�: Propaganda and the Racial Crisis""; ""5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""This probing history examines government attempts to manipulate international perceptions of US race relations during the Cold War by sending African American athletes abroad on goodwill tours and in international competitions as cultural ambassadors and visible symbols of American values.Sport and SocietyAfrican American athletesHistorySportsUnited StatesHistoryAfrican American athletesSocial conditionsRacism in sportsUnited StatesDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesCold WarInfluenceUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989African American athletesHistory.SportsHistory.African American athletesSocial conditions.Racism in sportsDiscrimination in sportsCold WarInfluence.796.08996073Thomas Damion L1811836MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963151003321Globetrotting4363942UNINA