Black Sporting Resistance

Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Internationalism

Joseph N. Cooper

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978839878
• Print ISBN:
  9781978839854
  9781978839861
• Subtopic: African American Studies

In recent years, there has been increased attention towards activism in sporting spaces. A vast majority of these contributions have focused on intra-nation tensions and impact. Yet, there is a dearth of scholarship that has engaged in a theoretically grounded analysis of how Black sportspersons have exhibited resistance in and through sport across national borders across time, space, and context. In this text, Joseph N. Cooper introduces the Black Sporting Resistance Framework (BSRF) as an analytic lens to examine how resistance actions in and through sport have contributed to the advancement of local and global racial justice efforts. Key concepts such as African (Black) diaspora, transnationalism, internationalism, sporting resistance typology, and sport activism typology are incorporated throughout the book. Black sporting resistance is also analyzed alongside broader social movements such as the Black Liberation Struggle, Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and Black Radicalism. Insights on the ways in which sport can be used to advance social justice in the future are presented.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword by Gerald Horne
• Introduction: Beyond Boundaries—Sport as a Site for Black Resistance
• 1. Black Sporting Resistance
• 2. A Collective Consciousness: African (Black) Diaspora Sporting Resistance
• 3. They Lived on Their Own Terms: Black Transnationalism Sporting Resistance
• 4. Revolutionary Consciousness: Black Internationalism Sporting Resistance
• 5. A Radical Imagination of Future Black Sporting Resistance
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• Index
• About the Author
• Series List