Sidelined: How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle

by Simon Henderson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813141540
• ISBN13: 9780813141541
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up