Race and Sport
Subtitle: The Struggle for Equality on and Off the Field (Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History S)
Contributors: Charles K. Ross (Editor); Scott Brooks (Editor); Jr. History Symposium Porter L. Fortune (Editor)
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781578066575
Subjects: Sports; History; Discrimination & Racism; Sports & Recreation; United States; Racism in sports; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; African American athletes; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
First sentence: Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was not the first African American to play professional football or the first of his race to play in the National Football League (NFL), but he was the dominant force in the struggle to keep the NFL integrated.
Description: "Even before the desegregation of the military and public education and before blacks had full legal access to voting, racial barriers had begun to fall in American sports. This collection of essays shows that for many African Americans it was the world of athletics that first opened an avenue to equality and democratic involvement." "Race and Sport showcases African Americans as key figures making football, baseball, basketball, and boxing internationally popular, though inequalities still exist today." "Although each of these essays explores a different facet of sports in America, together they comprise an analytical examination of African American society's tumultuous struggle for full participation both on and off the athletic field."--Jacket.