Sport and the Color Line

Sport and the Color Line
Author: Patrick B. Miller
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780415946117

The essays presented in this text 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.

Benching Jim Crow

Benching Jim Crow
Author: Charles H. Martin
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010
Genre: Discrimination in sports
ISBN: 0252077504

"Historians, sports scholars, and students will refer to Benching Jim Crow for many years to come as the standard source on the integration of intercollegiate sport."ùMark S. Dyreson, author of Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience --

From Jack Johnson to LeBron James

From Jack Johnson to LeBron James
Author: Chris Lamb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 080327680X

"A collection of essays about the intersection of sports, race, and the media in the 20th century and beyond"--

Playing America's Game

Playing America's Game
Author: Adrian Burgos
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2007-06-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0520940776

Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn—passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.

Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport

Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport
Author: Kevin Hylton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2018-03-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317504119

In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was published, racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies. In this important new book, Hylton draws on original research in contemporary contexts, from sport coaching to cyberspace, to show once again that Critical Race Theory is an insightful and productive tool for interrogating problematic social phenomena. Inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’ statement that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line", this book sheds a critical light on the way sport perpetuates racism, while identifying opportunities to challenge its insidious presence. Exploring and explaining the ways in which notions of ‘race’ are expressed and contested at individual, institutional and societal levels, it addresses key topics such as whiteness, diversity, colourblindness, unconscious bias, identity, leadership, humour and discourse to investigate how language can be used as a device for resistance against racism in sport. Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line is vital reading for all sport studies students, academics and those with an interest in race, ethnicity and society. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Color Blind

Color Blind
Author: Tom Dunkel
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0802121373

Taking readers back in time to 1947, an award-winning journalist chronicles an integrated baseball team in Bismarck, North Dakota that rose above a segregated society to become champions, delving into the history of the players, the town and baseball itself.

Breaking the Line

Breaking the Line
Author: Samuel G. Freedman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1439189781

Looks at the 1967 football season leading up to that year's black college championship between Grambling College and Florida A & M, and how it fit into the civil rights struggles of the time.

A Level Playing Field

A Level Playing Field
Author: Gerald L. Early
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2011-04-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0674050983

The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?

The Color Line

The Color Line
Author: John Hope Franklin
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 110
Release: 1993
Genre: Racism
ISBN: 9780826209641

Originating as three lectures delivered at the U. of Missouri in April 1992 (just one day after the "not guilty" verdict was returned in the trial of Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King), distinguished historian Franklin reflects on the most tragic and persistent social problem in American history--racism. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR