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Boston’s Black Athletes
Identity, Performance, and Activism
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About this book
Sport often mirrored the racial climate of the time, but it also informed and encouraged equality on and off the field. In Boston, the Black athletic body historically represented a challenge to the city's liberal image. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets Boston's contested racial history through the diverse experiences of the city's African American sports figures who directed their talent toward the struggle for social justice. Editors Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark and the contributors explore a variety of representative athletes, such as Kittie Knox, Louise Stokes, and Medina Dixon, that negotiated Boston's racial boundaries at sequential moments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to demonstrate Boston's long and troubled racial history. The contributors' biographical sketches are grounded in stories that have remained memorable within Boston's Black neighborhoods. In recounting the struggles and triumphs of these individuals, this book amplifies their stories and reminds readers that Boston's Black sports fans found a historic consistency in their athletes to shape racial identity and cultural expression.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword: Representation Matters
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Frenchy A. Johnson: The Life and Times of America’s First Black Sports Star
- Chapter 2: Black Brahmin Birdies: Golf and the Life of George Franklin Grant (1846–1910)
- Chapter 3: Kittie Knox, Boston Cyclist in the 1890s: The War between Exclusion and Inclusion
- Chapter 4: “Under Wraps”: The Life and Legacy of Sam Langford
- Chapter 5: Marshall “Major” Taylor: The Worcester Whirlwind
- Chapter 6: Louise Mae Stokes Fraser: An Overlooked Legend
- Chapter 7: Lou Montgomery: Tackling Jim Crow
- Chapter 8: Constructing Legends: Pumpsie Green, Race, and the Boston Red Sox
- Chapter 9: A Seasoned Rookie: Veteran Sam Jethroe Joins the Boston Braves
- Chapter 10: Staying East of the Mississippi: Reengaging with Rodeo’s Diverse History and the New England Connection
- Chapter 11: Boom Boom Barbosa to Jair: Boston’s Minor-League, Major-League Soccer and Black Identity
- Chapter 12: Fighting for Recognition: The Almost-Legendary Career of Medina Dixon
- Afterword: (Re)centering Boston Sport History: A Biographical Glimpse of Seven African American Female Athletes Who Are Shaping Boston Sport
- About the Editors and Contributors