Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle by Henderson, Simon

Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813141541)

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Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle by Henderson, Simon

Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle

$35.00
Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle by Henderson, Simon

Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle

$35.00
Format: Hardcover
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In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's ideas struck a chord with athletes and incited African American Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos to protest by raising their black-gloved fists on the podium after receiving their medals. Sidelined draws

Author: Simon Henderson
ISBN-10: 0813141540
ISBN-13: 9780813141541
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.40w x 0.86d
By Simon Henderson
By Simon Henderson
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Simon Henderson is an instructor in history and sociology at Teesdale School and also lectures at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is the author of Aspects of American History.

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