Only a Black Athlete Can Save Us Now

by Grant Farred

A call to arms exploring the protest movements of 2020 as they reverberated through the athletic world

Starting with the refusal of George Hill of the Milwaukee Bucks to participate in an August 2020 playoff game following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Grant Farred shows how the Covid-restricted NBA "bubble" released an energy that spurred athletes into radical action. They disrupted athletic normalcy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517913373
• ISBN13: 9781517913373
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 6.8"