List of Tables
IntroductionChris Lamb
1. Framing White Hopes: The Press, Social Drama, and the Era of
Jack Johnson, 1908–1915Phillip J. Hutchison
2. Jesse Owens, a Black Pearl amidst an Ocean of Fury: A Case Study
of Press Coverage of the 1936 Berlin Olympic GamesPamela C.
Laucella
3. Multifarious Hero: Joe Louis, American Society, and Race
Relations during World Crisis, 1935–1945Dominic J. Capeci Jr. and
Martha Wilkerson
4. Outside the Pale: The Exclusion of Blacks from the National
Football League, 1934–1946Thomas G. Smith
5. Democracy on the Field: The Black Press Takes On White
BaseballChris Lamb and Glen L. Bleske
6. A Nod from Destiny: How Sportswriters for White and African
American Newspapers Covered Kenny Washington’s Entry into the
National Football LeagueRonald Bishop
7. Jackie Robinson and the American Mind: Journalistic Perceptions
of the Reintegration of BaseballWilliam Simons
8. “This Is It!” The Public Relations Campaign Waged by Wendell
Smith and Jackie Robinson to Cast Robinson’s First Season as an
Unqualified SuccessBrian Carroll
9. Integrating New Year’s Day: The Racial Politics of College Bowl
Games in the American SouthCharles H. Martin
10. Main Bout, Inc., Black Economic Power, and Professional Boxing:
The Canceled Muhammad Ali–Ernie Terrell FightMichael Ezra
11. A “Race” for Equality: Print Media Coverage of the 1968 Olympic
Protest by Tommie Smith and John CarlosJason Peterson
12. Sports Illustrated’s African American Athlete Series as
Socially Responsible JournalismReed Smith
13. Rebellion in the Kingdom of Swat: Sportswriters, African
American Athletes, and Coverage of Curt Flood’s Lawsuit against
Major League BaseballWilliam Gillis
14. Chasing Babe Ruth: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Hank
Aaron’s Pursuit of the Career Home Run RecordMaureen Smith
15. Arthur Ashe: An Analysis of Newspaper Journalists’ Coverage of
USA Today’s OutingPamela C. Laucella
16. Michael Jordan’s Family Values: Marketing, Meaning, and
Post-Reagan AmericaMary G. McDonald
17. Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and “a Little Social Concern”:
Reflections on the Problems of Whiteness in Contemporary American
SportDouglas Hartmann
18. I’m the King of the World: Barry Bonds and the Race for the
RecordLisa Doris Alexander
19. Redemption on the Field: Framing, Narrative, and Race in Media
Coverage of Michael VickBryan Carr
20. Weighing In on the Coaching Decision: Discussing Sports and
Race OnlineJimmy Sanderson
21. The LeBron James Decision in the Age of ObamaJamal L.
Ratchford
Source AcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex
Chris Lamb is a professor of journalism at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis. He is the author of Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball (Nebraska, 2012) and Blackout: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training (Nebraska, 2004), among other books.
"Media coverage has expanded greatly since Jack Johnson put on
boxing gloves to defend his heavyweight title, and a critical,
sharp look at media coverage through the years is a necessary—and
welcome—addition to sports literature."—Bob D’Angelo, Tampa
Tribune
“This is quality scholarship that will be of interest to
specialists in history, American studies, African American studies,
journalism, English, media studies, sociology, and sports studies,
among others.”—Trey Strecker, editor of NINE: A Journal of Baseball
History and Culture and assistant professor in the Department of
English at Ball State University
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