000844727 000__ 03765cam\a22005058i\4500 000844727 001__ 844727 000844727 005__ 20210515152821.0 000844727 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000844727 007__ cr\ununnnunnun 000844727 008__ 180912s2018\\\\mau\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000844727 010__ $$a 2018009066 000844727 020__ $$a9780807027004$$q(electronic book) 000844727 020__ $$a0807027006$$q(electronic book) 000844727 020__ $$z9780807026991 000844727 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1025366004 000844727 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1025366004 000844727 035__ $$a844727 000844727 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCQ$$dOCLCF$$dTEFOD$$dN$T$$dRECBK$$dYDX$$dUOK$$dTOH$$dMMI$$dNTG 000844727 042__ $$apcc 000844727 043__ $$an-us--- 000844727 049__ $$aISEA 000844727 05010 $$aGV583$$b.B753 2018eb 000844727 08200 $$a306.483$$223 000844727 1001_ $$aBryant, Howard,$$d1968-$$eauthor. 000844727 24514 $$aThe heritage :$$bBlack Athletes, a divided America, and the politics of patriotism /$$cHoward Bryant. 000844727 264_1 $$aBoston :$$bBeacon Press,$$c2018. 000844727 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) 000844727 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000844727 337__ $$acomputer$$bn$$2rdamedia 000844727 338__ $$aonline resource$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000844727 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000844727 5050_ $$aPrologue: Here I stand -- Part one: Rise and fall -- Stick to sports -- The good Americans -- Juice -- Jump, man -- Part two: War games -- "Our way of life" -- The sanitation department -- Props -- Part three: the awakening -- Ferguson -- A seat at the table -- "Who is the patriot?" -- Epilogue: The peacemakers. 000844727 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000844727 520__ $$a"It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an escape from the world's worst problems, top athletes were treated like heroes, and cheering for the home team was as easy and innocent as hot dogs and beer. "No news on the sports page" was a governing principle in newsrooms. That was then. Today, sports arenas have been transformed into staging grounds for American patriotism and the hero worship of law enforcement. Teams wear camouflage jerseys to honor those who serve; police officers throw out first pitches; soldiers surprise their families with homecomings at halftime. Sports and politics are decidedly entwined. But as journalist Howard Bryant reveals, this has always been more complicated for black athletes, who from the start, were committing a political act simply by being on the field. In fact, among all black employees in twentieth-century America, perhaps no other group had more outsized influence and power than ballplayers. The immense social responsibilities that came with the role is part of the black athletic heritage. It is a heritage built by the influence of the superstardom and radical politics of Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos through the 1960s; undermined by apolitical, corporate-friendly 'transcenders of race, ' O.J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods in the following decades; and reclaimed today by the likes of LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and Carmelo Anthony"--Book jacket flap. 000844727 588__ $$aDescription baed on print version record. 000844727 650_0 $$aAfrican American athletes$$xHistory. 000844727 650_0 $$aAfrican American athletes$$xSocial conditions. 000844727 650_0 $$aSports$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States. 000844727 650_0 $$aSports$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000844727 650_0 $$aDiscrimination in sports$$zUnited States. 000844727 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBryant, Howard, 1968-$$tHeritage.$$dBoston : Beacon Press, 2018$$z9780807026991$$w(DLC) 2017053716 000844727 852__ $$bcoll 000844727 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000844727 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1616613$$zOnline Access 000844727 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:844727$$pGLOBAL_SET 000844727 980__ $$aEBOOK 000844727 980__ $$aBIB 000844727 982__ $$aEbook 000844727 983__ $$aOnline 000844727 994__ $$a92$$bISE