Race and Resistance in Boston reconstructs the history of Black sport in Boston, from amateur to professional, reimagining the crucial role it played in shaping the city’s racial identity.
Race and Resistance in Boston reconstructs the history of Black sport in Boston, from amateur to professional, reimagining the crucial role it played in shaping the city’s racial identity. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Cvornyek is professor emeritus of history at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Black Grays and Colored Giants: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Baseball in Rhode Island, 1870–1949. Douglas Stark is a museum consultant and sports historian. He is the author of The James Naismith Reader: Basketball in His Own Words (Nebraska, 2021). Devin McCourty played his entire thirteen-year NFL career with the New England Patriots, winning three Super Bowls.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Devin McCourty Introduction Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark Part I Framing Race, Community, and Resistance in Boston 1 Integration in Sport: How Busing Reshaped Athletic Talent by Bijan Bayne 2 An Opening Conversation: Black Activism in Boston Sports by Joseph Cooper 3 The Middle Lane: Race, Sports, Boston, Hoops, and Community by Marcis Fennell, C. Keith Harrison, and Kelly Dwyer Part II Legitimacy in the Jim Crow Era 4 Gentlemen of Color: Oliver and Fred Watson and New England Black Soccer by Brian Bunk and Ed Farnsworth 5 In Pursuit of the Boundary: Cricket in Boston’s West Indian Community, 1900 to 1950 by Violet Showers Johnson 6 Black Eyes: A History of Race in the Boston PrizeRing by Andrew Smith 7 The Color of Baseball: Race and Boston’s Sporting Community by Robert Cvornyek 8 Covering Race and Sports in Boston: The Pioneering Work of Mabray “Doc” Kountze by Donna L. Halper 9 Pioneers of African American Golf at the Crossroads: The 1941 Negro National Open Golf Championship Tournament in Boston, Massachusetts by Marvin Dawkins and Jomills Henry Braddock II Part III Power and Performance in the Freedom Movement 10 Center of Controversy: Bill Russell and Boston by Aram Goudsouzian 11 Willie O’Ree: The Sky’s the Limit by George Fosty 12 Zero Love: The Intersection of Race and Class in Boston Tennis by Sundiata Djata 13 Darling and the Dyke: Differing receptions in the coming-out of Jason Collins and Brittney Griner by Jamie Loke 14 The Enduring Sounds of Whiteness: Boston Sports Radio and Race by Donna L. Halper 15 Act as If: Alison Feaster, the Politics of Inclusion, and Achieving the American Dream in the National Basketball Association by Eileen Narcotta-Welp and Lis Erickson Afterword Shifting the Focus: Balancing Sports Commemoration and Race by Kathryn Leann Harris Contributors
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Devin McCourty Introduction Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark Part I Framing Race, Community, and Resistance in Boston 1 Integration in Sport: How Busing Reshaped Athletic Talent by Bijan Bayne 2 An Opening Conversation: Black Activism in Boston Sports by Joseph Cooper 3 The Middle Lane: Race, Sports, Boston, Hoops, and Community by Marcis Fennell, C. Keith Harrison, and Kelly Dwyer Part II Legitimacy in the Jim Crow Era 4 Gentlemen of Color: Oliver and Fred Watson and New England Black Soccer by Brian Bunk and Ed Farnsworth 5 In Pursuit of the Boundary: Cricket in Boston’s West Indian Community, 1900 to 1950 by Violet Showers Johnson 6 Black Eyes: A History of Race in the Boston PrizeRing by Andrew Smith 7 The Color of Baseball: Race and Boston’s Sporting Community by Robert Cvornyek 8 Covering Race and Sports in Boston: The Pioneering Work of Mabray “Doc” Kountze by Donna L. Halper 9 Pioneers of African American Golf at the Crossroads: The 1941 Negro National Open Golf Championship Tournament in Boston, Massachusetts by Marvin Dawkins and Jomills Henry Braddock II Part III Power and Performance in the Freedom Movement 10 Center of Controversy: Bill Russell and Boston by Aram Goudsouzian 11 Willie O’Ree: The Sky’s the Limit by George Fosty 12 Zero Love: The Intersection of Race and Class in Boston Tennis by Sundiata Djata 13 Darling and the Dyke: Differing receptions in the coming-out of Jason Collins and Brittney Griner by Jamie Loke 14 The Enduring Sounds of Whiteness: Boston Sports Radio and Race by Donna L. Halper 15 Act as If: Alison Feaster, the Politics of Inclusion, and Achieving the American Dream in the National Basketball Association by Eileen Narcotta-Welp and Lis Erickson Afterword Shifting the Focus: Balancing Sports Commemoration and Race by Kathryn Leann Harris Contributors
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