Black mercuries : African American athletes, race, and the modern Olympic games

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Black mercuries : African American athletes, race, and the modern Olympic games

(2023)

By: Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951-

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:

796.4809/WIGGINS,D

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Adult Nonfiction	796.4809/WIGGINS,D	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

DESCRIPTION

xix, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN

9781538152836, 1538152835 :, 1538152835, 9781538152836

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Introduction -- Pioneering Black Mercuries: African American Olympians, 1896-1920 -- Black Mercuries in the Jazz Age -- Black Mercuries in the Turbulent 1930s -- Black Mercuries and the Dawning of the Cold War -- Black Mercuries in the Age of Protest -- Black Mercuries in the Age of Boycotts -- Black Mercuries in the Immediate Post-Cold War Period -- Black Mercuries During the Age of Globalization -- Black Mercuries Shine in Rio and Tokyo

"This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the 2020 Tokyo Games. It explores the lives and careers of both legendary and little-known Black Olympians as they sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the world stage"--