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It Was Always a Choice : Picking up the Baton of Athlete Activism.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781439921753
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: It Was Always a ChoiceDDC classification:
  • 796.092396073
LOC classification:
  • GV706.35 .S744 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Choice: Use Your Platform-or Don't -- 2. Colin Kaepernick and His Spiritual Predecessors -- 3. Your Presence Is an Act of Protest: Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson -- 4. Star-Spangled Resistance: From Rose Robinson to the Bubble -- 5. Justice League: The WNBA Takes the Lead -- 6. Peter Norman, Chris Long, and Gregg Popovich: White Allies -- 7. Mexico City before, during, and after the Silent Gesture -- 8. Muhammad Ali, the OPHR, the Black Fourteen, and the Milwaukee Bucks: Protesting with Your Feet -- 9. How O. J., Michael, and Tiger Dropped the Baton -- 10. Stick to Sports and Enjoy Your White House Trip -- 11. 8 Minutes 46 Seconds* -- 12. The Road from Pariah to Icon -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Choice: Use Your Platform-or Don't -- 2. Colin Kaepernick and His Spiritual Predecessors -- 3. Your Presence Is an Act of Protest: Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson -- 4. Star-Spangled Resistance: From Rose Robinson to the Bubble -- 5. Justice League: The WNBA Takes the Lead -- 6. Peter Norman, Chris Long, and Gregg Popovich: White Allies -- 7. Mexico City before, during, and after the Silent Gesture -- 8. Muhammad Ali, the OPHR, the Black Fourteen, and the Milwaukee Bucks: Protesting with Your Feet -- 9. How O. J., Michael, and Tiger Dropped the Baton -- 10. Stick to Sports and Enjoy Your White House Trip -- 11. 8 Minutes 46 Seconds* -- 12. The Road from Pariah to Icon -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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