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The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition (Sport and Society)

The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition (Sport and Society)

by HarryEdwards (Author)

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The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. At the same time, he engages with the struggles of a present still rife with racism, double standards, and economic injustice. Again relating the rebellion of black athletes to a larger spirit of revolt among black citizens, Edwards moves his story forward to our era of protests, boycotts, and the dramatic politicization of athletes by Black Lives Matter. Incisive yet ultimately hopeful, The Revolt of the Black Athlete is the still-essential study of the conflicts at the interface of sport, race, and society.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 232
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 14 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 0252084063
ISBN 13: 9780252084065

Media Reviews
The legendary Harry Edwards illuminates this edition with a deeply probing and personal half-century of perspectives, reflections, and wisdom. Edwards must have written this masterpiece with the assistance of a crystal ball. A generation later, it remains relevant to the current climate of athletic activism, and cannot be read without profit. --Al-Tony Gilmore, Historian and Archivist Emeritus, National Education Association
A must read for all scholars, activists, athletes, and sport enthusiasts. . . . Edwards commandingly expresses how the collective voices and unified actions of Black athletes can evoke institutional change. The Revolt of the Black Athlete uncovers the axiom by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that, 'a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' even at institutions of higher education. --Billy D. Hawkins, author of The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions
When whites respond to black protests with anger and resentment, unable to see the experiences of those who don't enjoy white privilege, that indicates that we have a lot of work yet to do. The re-printing of The Revolt of the Black Athlete comes at a perfect time to help us do that work and Dr. Edwards gives us an amazing example of someone who has spent his life not just talking the talk, but walking the walk. --Theresa Walton-Fisette, President of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
Author Bio
Harry Edwards is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley; founder of the San Jose State University Institute for the Study of Sport, Society, and Social Change; and a 2018 inductee into the Academic All-America Hall Of Fame. He was the scholar-activist architect of the 1968 Olympic Project for Human Rights and for more than half-a-century he has been regarded as the leading authority on developments at the interface of sport, race, and society in America. His other books include his pioneering work The Sociology of Sport and The Struggle that Must Be: An Autobiography.