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Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete by Amy Bass

Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete

Amy Bass
464 pages
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Oct 2002
Hardcover
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A sweeping examination of the role of "Black Power" in the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City reveals the emergence of militancy and political consciousness in American sports.
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