{"product_id":"race-and-resistance-in-boston-a-contested-sports-history-paperback-softback-9781496232687","title":"Race and Resistance in Boston; A Contested Sports History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496232687","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Contested Sports History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Cvornyek (Edited by), Douglas Stark (Edited by), Devin McCourty (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496232687\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e404 pages, 16 photographs, 1 map, 3 tables, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e has something for every local sports lover who is also conscious about justice. These compelling stories about race, class, and sexuality add to Boston's legacy as a city of deep cultural and sports history.\"-Louis Moore, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for any serious imbiber of sports history to truly comprehend the once-rickety racial underpinning of the modern athletic landscape. Editors Cvornyek and Stark compiled comprehensive essays across a medley of athletic disciplines in this anthology to convey previously little-known aspects of Boston's racial sporting history and more importantly to reveal their lesser-known uplifting impacts to the Black community at large. This is a supremely informative book, very highly recommended.\"-Charlie Bevis, \u003ci\u003eBevis Baseball Research\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A must-read for anyone who wants to go deep into the issue of race and sport and how they intersect with society. Focusing on Boston is a powerful and meaningful approach, as it is a perfect microcosm of these issues. . . . Cvornyek and Stark go deep into the subject of how racism affects sport but also show how sport can be used to bring people together across racial and economic divides.”-Richard E. Lapchick, president of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBoston 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. \u003ci\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e captures the intersection of Black history and sporting culture in America’s City on a Hill.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Devin McCourty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Framing Race, Community, and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e 1 Integration in Sport: How Busing Reshaped Athletic Talent\u003c\/i\u003e by Bijan Bayne\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e 2 An Opening Conversation: Black Activism in Boston Sports\u003c\/i\u003e by Joseph Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e3  The Middle Lane: Race, Sports, Boston, Hoops, and Community\u003c\/i\u003e by Marcis Fennell, C. Keith Harrison, and Kelly Dwyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Legitimacy in the Jim Crow Era\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e 4 Gentlemen of Color: Oliver and Fred Watson and New England Black Soccer\u003c\/i\u003e by Brian Bunk and Ed Farnsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e5 In Pursuit of the Boundary: Cricket in Boston’s West Indian Community, 1900 to 1950\u003c\/i\u003e by Violet Showers Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e6 Black Eyes: A History of Race in the Boston Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrew Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e7 The Color of Baseball: Race and Boston’s Sporting Community\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert Cvornyek\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e8 Covering Race and Sports in Boston: The Pioneering Work of Mabray “Doc” Kountze\u003c\/i\u003e by Donna L. Halper\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e9 Pioneers of African American Golf at the Crossroads: The 1941 Negro National Open Golf Championship Tournament in Boston, Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e by Marvin Dawkins and Jomills Henry Braddock II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Power and Performance in the Freedom Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e10 Center of Controversy: Bill Russell and Boston\u003c\/i\u003e by Aram Goudsouzian\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e11 Willie O’Ree: The Sky’s the Limit \u003c\/i\u003eby George Fosty\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e12 Zero Love: The Intersection of Race and Class in Boston Tennis\u003c\/i\u003e by Sundiata Djata\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e13 Darling and the Dyke: Differing receptions in the coming-out of Jason Collins and Brittney Griner\u003c\/i\u003e by Jamie Loke\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e14 The Enduring Sounds of Whiteness: Boston Sports Radio and Race\u003c\/i\u003e by Donna L. Halper\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e15 Act as If: Alison Feaster, the Politics of Inclusion, and Achieving the American Dream in the National Basketball Association \u003c\/i\u003e by Eileen Narcotta-Welp and Lis Erickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShifting the Focus: Balancing Sports Commemoration and Race\u003c\/i\u003e by Kathryn Leann Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600023253272,"sku":"9781496232687","price":26.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/race-and-resistance-in-boston-a-contested-sports-history-paperback-softback-9781496232687","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}