Jules Boykoff: Athlete and Activist | Buch

Cover: 9780252059919 | Athlete and Activist | 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game | Buch

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Beschreibung

Time and again, great athletes seem to do the impossible. Their skills amaze us. Their work ethic inspires awe. Their talent is next level. At the same time, an athlete's fame gives them a platform to speak out on important issues. With words and actions, a basketball star or Olympic legend can reach millions of people with their message.

Athlete and Activist highlights sports figures who risked their popularity and even their careers to stand against injustice. Each profile takes readers inside the issues that motivated an athlete's activism. Striking portraits by award-winning illustrator Martin French add a visual dimension to the dramatic stories. Throughout, the authors show athletes using different kinds of activism. Some spoke out. Others performed silent gestures. Still others let their success speak for itself.

A different kind of sports history, Athlete and Activist is an inspiring look at heroic acts beyond our favorite games.

Über den Autor

Jules Boykoff is the author of five books on the Olympics, including, NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond and Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics. Alex C. Davis is a writer, editor, and art director who has collaborated with media personalities, novelists, visual artists, songwriters, pastors, professors, and entrepreneurs. Amira Rose Davis is an assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas in Austin and cohost of the Feminist Sports Podcast, Burn it All Down. Martin French is an illustrator, designer, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. He is the Department Chair of Illustration and a professor of illustration at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Reveal: Barrier-Breakers
Jim Thorpe
Jackie Robinson
Althea Gibson
Earlene Brown
Wilma Rudolph

Resist: Protesters
Paul Robeson
Eroseanna "Rose" Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Billie Jean King
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
Wyomia Tyus
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Gwen Berry

Reframe: Advocates
Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Arthur Ashe
Notah Begay III
Serena Williams
LeBron James
Megan Rapinoe

Reimagine: Torchbearers
Maya Moore
Chris Mosier
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Colin Kaepernick
Naomi Osaka
Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone (née Daniel)

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Importe , Sport
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Lexika & Handbücher
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9780252059919
ISBN-10:	0252059913
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Boykoff, Jules Davis, Alex Davis, Amira
Hersteller:	University of Illinois Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	257 x 183 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Jules Boykoff (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.10.2026
Gewicht:	0,68 kg