16%OFF
Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Eric Allen Hall
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Paperback. "Drawing on coverage of Ashe's athletic career and social activism in domestic and international publications, archives including the Ashe Papers, and a variety of published memoirs and interviews, Hall has created an intimate, nuanced portrait of a great athlete who stood at the crossroads of sports and equal justice. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFJ; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. .
Arthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe's evolution as an activist who had to contend with the shift from civil rights to Black Power. Off the court, and in the arena of international politics, Ashe positioned himself at the center of the black freedom movement, negotiating the poles of black nationalism and assimilation into white society. Fiercely independent and protective of his public image, he navigated the thin line between conservatives and liberals, ... Read more
Arthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe's evolution as an activist who had to contend with the shift from civil rights to Black Power. Off the court, and in the arena of international politics, Ashe positioned himself at the center of the black freedom movement, negotiating the poles of black nationalism and assimilation into white society. Fiercely independent and protective of his public image, he navigated the thin line between conservatives and liberals, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419824
SKU
V9781421419824
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Eric Allen Hall
Eric Allen Hall is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.
Reviews for Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Hall's elegant and well-paced narrative teases out the contradictions of one of tennis's most enigmatic characters.
Times Literary Supplement
Eric Allen Hall's biography of Ashe is assiduous in giving context, ever-traceable in its sources, to the tennis player's life: his childhood in segregated Richmond is recounted with a summary of how de jure segregation ruled the lives of ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
Eric Allen Hall's biography of Ashe is assiduous in giving context, ever-traceable in its sources, to the tennis player's life: his childhood in segregated Richmond is recounted with a summary of how de jure segregation ruled the lives of ... Read more