TY  - BOOK
AU  - Early,Gerald L.
TI  - A Level Playing Field: African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports
T2  - Alain Locke Lecture Series
SN  - 9780674060869
AV  - GV583 
U1  - 796.092/2 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - African American athletes-History
KW  - Sports-United States-History
KW  - Discrimination in sports-United States-History
KW  - African American athletes-Social conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Leveling the Playing Field -- Chapter 1. When Worlds Collide: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, Harry Truman, and the Korean War -- Chapter 2. Curt Flood, Gratitude, and the Image of Baseball -- Chapter 3. Donovan McNabb, Rush Limbaugh, and the Making of the Black Quarterback -- Part II. Heroism and the Republic of Sports -- Chapter 4. American Integration, Black Heroism, and the Meaning of Jackie Robinson -- Chapter 5. Performance and Reality: Race, Sports, and the Modern World -- Chapter 6. Where Have We Gone, Mr. Robinson? -- Notes
N2  - The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?
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