Description
Book SynopsisDraws together essays that examine evolving attitudes about race, sports, and athletic activism in the US. This anthology links post-World War II African American protest movements to a range of contemporary social justice interventions.
Trade ReviewSports and the Racial Divide provides a rich sociohistorical account of the role sports and athletes play in contemporary political activism." - John N. Singer, associate professor of sport management in the School of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University
Table of Contents
- Prologue: The Paradox of Race and Sport
- Michael E. Lomax
- 1. "No Colored Athletes Allowed": The Historically Black College Challenge to the NCAA
- Kurt Kemper
- 2. Revisiting the Revolt: Harry Edwards and the Revolt of the Black Athlete
- Michael E. Lomax
- 3. The Activist Athlete: Contextualizing the Collision of Politics and Sports in the Twenty-First Century
- Amy Bass
- 4. The Decompartmentalization of the Political Voice: The Conversion of Athletic Capital and Political Capital
- Billy Hawkins
- 5. Doomed: Colin Kaepernick’s Collusion Claim against the NFL
- Sarah K. Fields
- 6. Black Women Athletes, Protest, and Politics: An Interview with Amira Rose Davis
- Ashley Farmer
- 7. For the Movement and Not for the Moment: Harry Edwards’s Persistence, from the Revolt of the Black Athlete to Black Lives Matter
- Billy Hawkins
- Epilogue
- David K. Wiggins
- About the Contributors
- Index
