Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle by Simon Henderson
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Overview: This book challenges the popular perception that sport has provided an arena in which African-Americans have been able to advance the aims of the civil rights struggle by excelling as athletes. Instead, it is argued, the specific dynamics created by the intersection of sporting ideals and racial change in the late 1960s provided great difficulties for athletes who attempted to use their position to advance the black freedom struggle. The Black Athletic Revolt, most famously expressed by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics, crossed the divide of the racial politics of the era. Their stand and that of many college athletes across the country drew on the traditions of both the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Nevertheless, sport never fully realised its potential to positively impact the civil rights struggle and the reaction against those who sought to speak out and protest represented a unique element of the white backlash. Using extensive oral histories and previously untapped archival material, Shades of Grey explores the myriad of difficulties facing black and white athletes who tried to use their position to engage with the black freedom struggle on the campus and international sporting stage.
Genre: Non Fiction, Sports & Outdoors > Miscellaneous > History of Sports, Social Sciences
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