Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America - Rilegato

Wiggins, David K.

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ISBN 10: 0815627335 ISBN 13: 9780815627333

Casa editrice: Syracuse Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. "Glory Bound" brings together for the first time eleven essays that explore this complex topic by sports studies scholar David K. Wiggins. In his writings, Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to climb their "own" racial mountain - their struggle to fully participate in sport while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride. Wiggins examines other seminal moments that defined and changed the black athlete's role in white America, from the 19th century to the present: the personal crusade of Wendell Smith to promote black participation in organized baseball, the triumph of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics and the proposed boycott of the Games, and the response of America's black press and community. "Glory Bound" demonstrates how the civil rights movement changed the face of American athletics and society forever. With the genesis of the black power movement in sport, Wiggins notes a significant shift in black - and white - America's attention to the African-American athlete. In his final and newest essay, he examines the writings of Edwin B. Henderson, the "father of black sport history", who wrote the first books on African-American involvement in sport.

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Book by Wiggins David K

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• Editore: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0815627335
• ISBN 13: 9780815627333
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 302