The essays presented here examine the complexity of black American sports culture, from the organization of semi-pro baseball and athletic programs at historically black colleges and universities, to the careers of individual stars such as Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, to the challenges faced by black women in sports.
The essays presented here examine the complexity of black American sports culture, from the organization of semi-pro baseball and athletic programs at historically black colleges and universities, to the careers of individual stars such as Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, to the challenges faced by black women in sports.
Patrick B. Miller is Professor of History at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. David K. Wiggins is Professor of Sport History at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
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I. Sport and Community in the Era of Jim Crow 1. Sport and Black Pittsburgh 1900-1930 Rob Ruck 2. Black Entrepreneurship in the National Pastime: The Rise of Semiprofessional Baseball in Black Chicago 1890-1915 Michael Lomax 3. Year of the Comet: Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries July 4 1910 Randy Roberts 4. A General Understanding: Organized Baseball and Black Professional Baseball 1900-1930 Neil Lanctot 5. We Were Ladies We Just Played Basketball Like Boys: African American Womanhood and Competitive Basketball at Bennett College 1928-42 Rita Liberti 6. A Special Type of Discipline: Manhood and Community in African American Institutions 1923-57 Pamela Grundy II. The Ordeal of Desegregation 7. Joe Louis: American Folk Hero William H. Wiggins 8. End Jim Crow in Sports: The Leonard Bates Controversy and Protest at New York University 1940-1941 Donald Spivey 9. Jackie Robinson: A Lone Negro in Major League Baseball Jules Tygiel 10. More Than a Game: The Political Meaning of High School Basketball in Indianapolis Richard B. Pierce 11. Cinderellas of Sport: Black Women in Track and Field Susan Cahn 12. Jim Crow in the Gymnasium: The Integration of College Basketball in the American South Charles H. Martin 13. Civil Rights on the Gridiron: The Kennedy Administration and the Desegregation of the Washington Redskins Thomas G. Smith III. Images of the Black Athlete and the Racial Politics of Sport 14. Edwin Bancroft Henderson African American Athletes and the Writing of Sport History David K. Wiggin 15. The Greatest: Muhammad Ali's Confounding Character David W. Zang 16. The Sports Spectacle Michael Jordan and Nike: The Paradoxes of Corporate Sport Douglas Kellner 17. The Anatomy of Scientific Racism: Racialist Responses to Black Athletic Achievement Patrick B. Miller 18. Crisis of Black Athletes at the Outset of the 21st Century Harry Edwards Further Reading Contributors
I. Sport and Community in the Era of Jim Crow 1. Sport and Black Pittsburgh 1900-1930 Rob Ruck 2. Black Entrepreneurship in the National Pastime: The Rise of Semiprofessional Baseball in Black Chicago 1890-1915 Michael Lomax 3. Year of the Comet: Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries July 4 1910 Randy Roberts 4. A General Understanding: Organized Baseball and Black Professional Baseball 1900-1930 Neil Lanctot 5. We Were Ladies We Just Played Basketball Like Boys: African American Womanhood and Competitive Basketball at Bennett College 1928-42 Rita Liberti 6. A Special Type of Discipline: Manhood and Community in African American Institutions 1923-57 Pamela Grundy II. The Ordeal of Desegregation 7. Joe Louis: American Folk Hero William H. Wiggins 8. End Jim Crow in Sports: The Leonard Bates Controversy and Protest at New York University 1940-1941 Donald Spivey 9. Jackie Robinson: A Lone Negro in Major League Baseball Jules Tygiel 10. More Than a Game: The Political Meaning of High School Basketball in Indianapolis Richard B. Pierce 11. Cinderellas of Sport: Black Women in Track and Field Susan Cahn 12. Jim Crow in the Gymnasium: The Integration of College Basketball in the American South Charles H. Martin 13. Civil Rights on the Gridiron: The Kennedy Administration and the Desegregation of the Washington Redskins Thomas G. Smith III. Images of the Black Athlete and the Racial Politics of Sport 14. Edwin Bancroft Henderson African American Athletes and the Writing of Sport History David K. Wiggin 15. The Greatest: Muhammad Ali's Confounding Character David W. Zang 16. The Sports Spectacle Michael Jordan and Nike: The Paradoxes of Corporate Sport Douglas Kellner 17. The Anatomy of Scientific Racism: Racialist Responses to Black Athletic Achievement Patrick B. Miller 18. Crisis of Black Athletes at the Outset of the 21st Century Harry Edwards Further Reading Contributors
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