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Dexter L Blackman

Dexter L. Blackman is Ph D candidate in history at Georgia State University. Many of the facts used to write this article can be found in Jack Olsen’s 1969 New York Times best-seller, The Black Athlete: A Shameful Story; The Myth of Integration in American Sport.

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Think Piece: Glory Road, A Miscarriage of Glory

By Dexter L Blackman

It is a traditional belief that sport fosters democracy and equality and the notion is mythical as it concerns race. According to sports pundits like ESPN’s Bert Sugar, the accomplishments of black athletes like Joe Louis did more to advance blacks in this country than all legislation, organizations and movements combined. Their victories, according to…

It is a traditional belief that sport fosters democracy and equality and the notion is mythical as it concerns race. According to sports pundits like ESPN’s…

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