{"product_id":"glory-bound-david-wiggins-9780815627340","title":"Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrican American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. \u003ci\u003eGlory Bound \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together for the first time eleven essays that explore this complex topic. In his writings, well-known sports scholar David K. Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to participate fully in sports while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWiggins examines the seminal moments that defined and changed the black athlete's role in white America from the nineteenth 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlory Bound\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Wiggins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815627343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815627340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1997","brand":"David Wiggins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059854242047,"sku":"9780815627340","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_641a509d-0fc9-4a4e-afaf-eef792ff1363.jpg?v=1685060708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glory-bound-david-wiggins-9780815627340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}