Sports and the Racial Divide: African American and Latino Experience in an Era of Change

Book Overview

With essays by Ron Briley, Michael Ezra, Sarah K. Fields, Billy Hawkins, Jorge Iber, Kurt Kemper, Michael E. Lomax, Samuel O. Regalado, Richard Santillan, and Maureen Smith

This anthology explores the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sports and analyzes the forces that shaped the African American and Latino sports experience in post-World War II America. Contributors reveal that sports often reinforced dominant ideas about race and racial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617030457
• ISBN13: 9781617030451
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"