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Description for Sidelined
Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
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 upon a wide range of historical materials and more than forty oral histories with athletes and administrators to explore how the black athletic revolt ... Read more
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 upon a wide range of historical materials and more than forty oral histories with athletes and administrators to explore how the black athletic revolt ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813141541
SKU
V9780813141541
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99-50
About Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson is an instructor in history and sociology at Teesdale School, UK and also lectures at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. He is the author of Aspects of American History.
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