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Tag Archives: Olympic history
Your 2021 Olympics Reading List
in backlist classics, culture, events, gender studies, Olympic history, sports history
Tagged Olympic Games, Olympic history, sports
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It’s 2021 and after a long wait, the Olympic Games are returning this summer! We’ve assembled a list of titles featuring the history and impact of the Games to help you get into the Olympic spirit. From politics to social … Continue reading
Harry Edwards on fighting for black athletes and coaches, whether they like it or not
in African American Studies, Olympic history, politics, sports history
Tagged activism, college sports, Harry Edwards, Olympic history, racism, Revolt of the Black Athlete, sports
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An excerpt from the new introduction to The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition, by Harry Edwards. I believe that over the last fifty years, the facts, the relationships, and the conclusions drawn from them as portrayed in the … Continue reading
UIP authors around the Internet
in american history, author commentary, authors, labor history, politics, sports history
Tagged Chad Pearson, Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, John McKerley, Mark A. Lause, Michael J. Socolow, Olympic history, politicians
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A roundup of recent media activity by Press authors: Michael J. Socolow , author of Six Minutes in Berlin, contributed to an in-depth Only a Game piece on pioneering sportswriter Ted Husing and his secret effort at helping a Jewish family … Continue reading
The most important race of their lives
in communication, sports history
Tagged Berlin Olympics, Michael J. Socolow, Nazis, Olympic history, Olympics, radio. broadcasting history, rowing
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Excerpted from Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics, by Michael J. Socolow A few hours later, with the Germans having already compiled one of the most impressive regatta records in Olympic history, Riefenstahl’s … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Seven Ring Circus
in biography, sports history
Tagged Jesse Owens, Olympic history, Olympics, sports, Throwbacklist Thursday
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Whether you consider the Olympic Games a triumph of human endeavor and achievement, or an appalling cesspool of corruption and drug experimentation, it is that rare mega-event that always grabs the world’s attention. The University of Illinois Press maintains a longstanding dedication to … Continue reading