Title Black mercuries : African American athletes, race, and the modern Olympic games / David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark S. Dyreson.

Publication Info.	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
	©2023

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Description	xix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary	"This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the 2020 Tokyo Games. It explores the lives and careers of both legendary and little-known Black Olympians as they sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the world stage"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Pioneering Black Mercuries: African American Olympians, 1896-1920 -- Black Mercuries in the Jazz Age -- Black Mercuries in the Turbulent 1930s -- Black Mercuries and the Dawning of the Cold War -- Black Mercuries in the Age of Protest -- Black Mercuries in the Age of Boycotts -- Black Mercuries in the Immediate Post-Cold War Period -- Black Mercuries During the Age of Globalization -- Black Mercuries Shine in Rio and Tokyo.
Subject	Olympic athletes -- History.
	African American athletes -- History.
	Racism in sports.
	Sports and globalization.
	Sports -- Sociological aspects.
	African American athletes. (OCoLC)fst00799025
	Olympic athletes. (OCoLC)fst01764756
	Racism in sports. (OCoLC)fst01086664
	Sports and globalization. (OCoLC)fst01736254
	Sports -- Sociological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01130532
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Witherspoon, Kevin B., author.
	Dyreson, Mark, 1959- author.
Other Form:	Online version: Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- Black mercuries Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 9781538152843 (DLC) 2022023331
ISBN	9781538152836 (hardcover)
	1538152835 (hardcover)
	9781538152843 (epub)

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