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RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA

RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA. DR. DON SCHWARTZ DECEMBER 12, 2012. “GENTLEMAN” JIM CORBETT. JOHN L. SULLIVAN. CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL. THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN Cartoon in N.Y. World, 1896. CHARLES ALBERT “CHIEF” BENDER.

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RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA

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  1. RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA DR. DON SCHWARTZ DECEMBER 12, 2012

  2. “GENTLEMAN” JIM CORBETT JOHN L. SULLIVAN

  3. CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL

  4. THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN Cartoon in N.Y. World, 1896

  5. CHARLES ALBERT “CHIEF” BENDER • “because there was so little racial prejudice in the game. . . . There has been scarcely a trace of sentiment against me on account of birth. I have been treated the same as other men.”

  6. JIM THORPE

  7. It makes sense to teach a child to play dominoes or chess. But what is the point of a crazy game like baseball? The children can get crippled. . . . Here in educated America adults play baseball. They run after a leather ball like children. I want my boy to grow up to be a mensch, not a wild American runner. But he cries his head off.

  8. ANDY COHEN

  9. BOXING

  10. JACK JOHNSON

  11. 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS

  12. JESSE OWENS

  13. MOSES “FLEET” WALKER • “race prejudice exists in professional baseball ranks to a marked degree, and the unfortunate son of Africa who makes his living as a member of a team of White professionals has a rocky road to travel.” – The Sporting News

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