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050 00 $aGV722 1968$b.B38 2002
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100 1 $aBass, Amy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002091499
245 10 $aNot the triumph but the struggle :$bthe 1968 Olympics and the making of the Black athlete /$cAmy Bass.
246 30 $a1968 Olympics and the making of the Black athlete
260 $aMinneapolis :$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axxi, 438 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCritical American studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 00 $tIntroduction: A Tiger in the Woods --$g1.$tThe Race between Politics and Sport --$g2.$tWhat Is This "Black" in Black Athlete? --$g3.$tAn Olympic Challenge: Preparing for the "Problem Games" --$g4.$tThe Power of Protest and Boycott: The New York Athletic Club and the Question of the South African Springboks --$g5.$tTribulations and the Trials: Black Consciousness and the Collective Body --$g6.$t"That's My Flag" --$g7.$tWhose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?
520 1 $a"Jesse Owens. Muhammad Ali. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. All are iconic black athletes, as are Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the African American track and field medalists who raised black-gloved fists on the victory dais at the Mexico City Olympics and brought the roiling American racial politics of the late 1960s to a worldwide television audience. But few of those viewers fully realized what had led to this demonstration - events that included the assassination of Dr.
520 8 $aMartin Luther King Jr., uprisings in American cities, student protests around the world, the rise of the Black Power movement, and decolonization and apartheid in Africa.".
520 8 $a"In this far-reaching account, Amy Bass offers nothing less than a history of the black athlete. Beginning with the racial eugenics discussions of the early twentieth century and their continuing reverberations in popular perceptions of black physical abilities, Bass explores ongoing African American attempts to challenge these stereotypes.
520 8 $aAlthough Tommie Smith and John Carlos were reviled by Olympic officials for their demonstration, Bass traces how their protest has come to be the defining image of the 1968 Games, with lingering effects in the sports world and on American popular culture generally."--BOOK JACKET.
610 20 $aOlympic Project for Human Rights.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99062678
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(19th :$d1968 :$cMexico City, Mexico)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83030545
650 0 $aAfrican American athletes.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001797
830 0 $aCritical American studies series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001105772
852 00 $bleh$hGV722 1968$i.B38 2002