Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle (Civil Rights and Struggle)

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 pod...

By Simon Henderson
Series: Civil Rights and Struggle
Hardcover: 244 pages
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; 1St Edition edition (March 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813141540
ISBN-13: 978-0813141541
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1976559
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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