LEADER 03610oam 22007454a 450 001 9910779413103321 005 20170816130751.0 010 $a0-8131-4258-X 010 $a1-299-40207-0 010 $a0-8131-4155-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017836 035 $a(EBL)1160301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000863948 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11503885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000863948 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10832277 035 $a(PQKB)11592121 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155732 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1160301 035 $a(OCoLC)836848757 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30392640 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30392640 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017836 100 $a20130222d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSidelined$b[electronic resource] $eHow American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle /$fSimon Henderson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLexington $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aCivil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-4154-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and index. 327 $aFront 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 330 $aIn 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's ideas struck a chord with athletes and incited African American Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos to protest by raising their black-gloved fists on the podium after receiving their medals.Sidelined draws upon a wide range of historical materials and more than forty oral histories with athletes 410 0$aCivil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 606 $aAfrican American athletes$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American athletes$xHistory 606 $aAfrican American athletes$xSocial conditions 606 $aSports$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination in sports$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory . 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican American athletes 615 0$aAfrican American athletes$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican American athletes$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSports$xSocial aspects 615 0$aDiscrimination in sports$xHistory. 676 $a306.4 676 $a306.4830973 700 $aHenderson$b Simon$f1979-$01504635 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779413103321 996 $aSidelined$93733749 997 $aUNINA