Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History - Paperback

$43.15

Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History - Paperback

Name: Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History - Paperback
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SKU: 9781496232687
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by Robert Cvornyek (Editor), Douglas Stark (Editor), Devin McCourty (Foreword by)

Named a 2025Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Boston is a city known for its sports as well as its troubled racial conflict. But generations of Black athletes, teams, sportswriters, and front-office executives have exercised historic influence in Boston over the years as they advocated for racial integration and transformed their sports into modes of racial pride, resistance, and cultural expression. Race and Resistance in Boston goes beyond the familiar topics associated with the city's premiere professional teams, the Red Sox and the Celtics, to recount the long history of Black sporting culture in the city.

This collection takes a close look at Black Bostonians' involvement in sports as varied as soccer, cricket, boxing, baseball, golf, tennis, basketball, and hockey--and illuminates the effect of Boston's desegregation and busing crisis on scholastic athletics in the 1970s and 1980s. With personal reminiscences from former New England Patriot Devin McCourty and journalist Bijan Bayne, as well as research from scholars of sport, Race and Resistance in Boston captures the intersection of Black history and sporting culture in America's City on a Hill.

ISBN	9781496232687
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Genre	History, Education, and Sports
Format	Paperback
Published	February 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	404
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print