Sport and Society
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NFL football: a history of America's new national pastime
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2)
Wounded lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the crises in Penn State athletics
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3)
Bloomer girls: women baseball pioneers
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4)
Hockey: a global history
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6)
Beyond the Black Power salute: athlete activism in an era of change
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Author
Series
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Cycling emerged as a sport in the late 1870s, and from the beginning, Black Americans rode alongside and raced against white competitors. Robert J. Turpin sheds light on the contributions of Black cyclists from the sport's early days through the cementing of Jim Crow laws during the Progressive Era. As Turpin shows, Black cyclists used the bicycle not only as a vehicle but as a means of social mobility--a mobility that attracted white ire. Prominent...