LEADER 03357nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910811512703321 005 20231206223835.0 010 $a1-62103-256-6 010 $a1-283-62968-2 010 $a9786613942135 010 $a1-61703-139-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046149 035 $a(EBL)819516 035 $a(OCoLC)778431705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000581059 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11343472 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581059 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10525328 035 $a(PQKB)10993790 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206540 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819516 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521469 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4977778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394213 035 $a(OCoLC)1024277270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30646106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30646106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4977778 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046149 100 $a20110609d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCurt Flood in the media$b[electronic resource] $ebaseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete /$fAbraham Iqbal Khan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 225 1 $aRace, rhetoric, and media series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61703-138-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Y 330 $aCurt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had v 410 0$aRace, rhetoric, and media series. 606 $aAfrican American baseball players$vBiography 606 $aBaseball$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination in sports$zUnited States 606 $aFree agents (Sports)$zUnited States 615 0$aAfrican American baseball players 615 0$aBaseball$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aDiscrimination in sports 615 0$aFree agents (Sports) 676 $a796.357092 676 $aB 700 $aKhan$b Abraham Iqbal$01717397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811512703321 996 $aCurt Flood in the media$94113617 997 $aUNINA