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Amy Bass
Series: Critical American Studies
Copyright Date: 2002
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 462
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv4xf
Book Description:
In this far-reaching account, Amy Bass offers nothing less than a history of the black athlete. Beginning with the racial eugenics discussions of the early twentieth century and their continuing reverberations in popular perceptions of black physical abilities, Bass explores ongoing African American attempts to challenge these stereotypes. Although Tommie Smith and John Carlos were reviled by Olympic officials for their demonstration, Bass traces how their protest has come to be the defining image of the 1968 Games, with lingering effects in the sports world and on American popular culture generally.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-9365-8
Subjects: History