TY  - GEN
T1  - The Black athlete as hero : American barrier breakers from nine sports
A1  - Dorinson, Joseph, 1936-
LA  - English
PP  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1353609287
AB  - "Part history, part biography, this study examines the black athlete's search to unify what W.E.B. DuBois called the "two unreconciled strivings" of African Americans--the struggle to survive in black society while adapting to white society. Black athletes have served as vanguards of change, challenging the dominant culture, crossing social boundaries and raising political awareness. Champions like Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Roberto Clemente, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Serena Williams, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James make a difference, even as many in the black community question the idea of athletes as role models. The author argues the importance of sports heroes in a panic-plagued era beset with class division and racial privilege"--
OP  - 297
CN  - GV706.32 .D867 2022
SN  - 9781476645964
SN  - 1476645965
SN  - 9781476678863
SN  - 1476678863
KW  - African American athletes : Political activity : History.
KW  - Sports : Political aspects : United States : History.
KW  - African American athletes : Biography.
KW  - Heroes : United States : Biography.
KW  - African Americans : Social conditions : History.
KW  - Racism against Black people : History.
KW  - Social classes : United States : History.
KW  - United States : Race relations : History.
KW  - African Americans : Social conditions.
KW  - Sportifs noirs américains : Activité politique : Histoire.
KW  - Sports : Aspect politique : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - Sportifs noirs américains : Biographies.
KW  - Héros : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Noirs américains : Conditions sociales.
KW  - Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires : Histoire.
KW  - Classes sociales : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations raciales : Histoire.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION / History.
KW  - African American athletes
KW  - African Americans : Social conditions
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Racism against Black people
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Sports : Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -