Thomas, Damion L. <br/><br/>
Globetrotting :  African American athletes and Cold war politics / 
Damion L. Thomas. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Sport and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252094293 9781283714372 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718491 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Sports--History.<br/>Sports--History.--United States<br/>African American athletes--Social conditions.<br/>Racism in sports--United States.<br/>Discrimination in sports--United States.<br/>Cold War--Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV583  / .G563 2012