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Not the triumph but the struggle: the 1968 Olympics and the making of the Black athlete

By Amy , Olympic Project for Human Rights.;Bass

Book information

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0816639442, 9780816639441
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2612883 bytes)
Series
Critical American studies series
Pages
xxi, 433 pages ; 24 cm\462
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African American athletes;Government publication;O

Description

Introduction: A Tiger in the Woods -- 1. The Race between Politics and Sport -- 2. What Is This "Black" in Black Athlete? -- 3. An Olympic Challenge: Preparing for the "Problem Games" -- 4. The Power of Protest and Boycott: The New York Athletic Club and the Question of the South African Springboks -- 5. Tribulations and the Trials: Black Consciousness and the Collective Body -- 6. "That's My Flag" -- 7. Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?

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