Globetrotting : African American athletes and Cold war politics /
Thomas, Damion L.
Globetrotting : African American athletes and Cold war politics / Damion L. Thomas. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource. - Sport and society .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the politics of Cold War prosperity and repression -- "Spreading the gospel of basketball": the Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the minstrel tradition, 1945-54 -- Playing politics: the formation of the U.S. Cold War-era athletic foreign policy -- "The good Negroes": propaganda and the racial crisis -- Black power: international politics and the revolt of the black athlete.
9780252094293 9781283714372
2019718491
African Americans--Sports--History.
Sports--History.--United States
African American athletes--Social conditions.
Racism in sports--United States.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Cold War--Influence.
Electronic Books.
GV583 / .G563 2012
Globetrotting : African American athletes and Cold war politics / Damion L. Thomas. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource. - Sport and society .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the politics of Cold War prosperity and repression -- "Spreading the gospel of basketball": the Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the minstrel tradition, 1945-54 -- Playing politics: the formation of the U.S. Cold War-era athletic foreign policy -- "The good Negroes": propaganda and the racial crisis -- Black power: international politics and the revolt of the black athlete.
9780252094293 9781283714372
2019718491
African Americans--Sports--History.
Sports--History.--United States
African American athletes--Social conditions.
Racism in sports--United States.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Cold War--Influence.
Electronic Books.
GV583 / .G563 2012