THE POLITICS OF RACE AND SPORT: RESISTANCE AND DOMINATION IN THE 1968 AFRICAN AMERICAN OLYMPIC PROTEST MOVEMENT. |
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Hartmann, D.
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1/1/96
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Journal
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Ethnic and Racial Studies Great Britain
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19(3)p.548-566
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African American
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Examines the history of the Olympic Project for Human Rights and its failed boycott of the 1968 Olympic Games in the wider context of political significance, social order, and cultural protest. The author considersthe social roots and the limitations of racial resistance through sport, and argues that any contemporary study of race and ethnicity should take into account aspects of identity, culture, and popular culture.
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