Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom 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 podium after receiving their medals. Sidelined draws

Author: Simon Henderson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.40w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780813141541

About the Author

Simon Henderson is an instructor in history and sociology at Teesdale School and also lectures at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is the author of Aspects of American History.

This title is not returnable