Sport and the Color Line: Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth Century America

Book Overview

The year 2003 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois' "Souls of Black Folk," in which he declared that "the color line" would be the problem of the twentieth century. Half a century later, Jackie Robinson would display his remarkable athletic skills in "baseball's great experiment." Now, "Sport and the Color Line" takes a look at the last century through the lens of sports and race, drawing together articles by many of the leading figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415946107
• ISBN13: 9780415946100
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.1"