Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete

by Abraham Iqbal Khan and Professor Abraham Iqbal Khan

Book Overview

Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star centerfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617039462
• ISBN13: 9781617039461
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"