
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
For marginalized athletes past and present, achievement can bring celebrity without equality and recognition without opportunity.
In many ways, Ontario's Chatham-Kent region is a microcosm of Canadian multiculturalism. As a terminus of the Underground Railroad, it has long been home to a large Black community Walpole Island and Delaware First Nations are nearby and many interned Japanese Canadians worked on local farms during World War II. The history of sport in the region is emblematic of the challenges that have confronted generations of non-white athletes nationwide. Each chapter uses the story of a local athlete—some famous, others more obscure—to illuminate one aspect of the evolving relationship between race and sport in North America. Combining tales of personal triumph with sports history and social commentary, On Account of Darkness examines systemic racism and ambivalent attitudes that persist to this day.
Fall 2022 Young Adult Selection - Top Grade: Canlit for the Classroom
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Table of contents
- praise for on account of darkness
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Under the Pear Tree
- It Was Never Our Game
- A Bible in My Hands
- The Great White Hopes
- The Home Team Wears White
- Learning to Play Ball
- The Home Stretch
- Not Canadian Enough
- Turning the Tables
- Ragging the Puck
- Jump Jim Crow
- Double Play
- Sundown Town
- From Archie to Gene
- The International Line
- A Parade for Fergie
- Not Your Mascot
- Making It Work
- Sticks and Stones
- Back in the Game
- Homecomings
- Acknowledgments
- about the author
- Sources
- INDEX