The Sixties Catalogue

15 J u l y 2 0 2 0 “A Pioneer In The Study Of The African American Sporting Experience” 13. EDWARDS, Harry. The Revolt of the Black Athlete. New York, 1969. Octavo, original yellow and red cloth, dust jacket. $650. Click for more info First edition of Edwards’ seminal work, arguing that “the roots of the revolt of the black athlete spring from the same seed that produced the sit-ins, the freedom rides.” “On October 7, 1967, a group of African American athletes and Black Power activists, led by Harry Edwards, formed the Olympic Committee for Human Rights… based on the supposition that African American’s role in sports was intimately interdependent with the overall struggle for human rights in American society” (Lomax, 55). “Edwards was the first scholar to write a book about the black protest of the 1968 Olympic Games” in Revolt of the Black Athlete ” ( Journal of Sport History , 29:3, 469). First-issue dust jacket , with height of 8-1/4 inches as issued. A fine copy in bright price-clipped dust jacket. “A teaching tool for the history of race and White supremacy in American sport.” —KristyMcCray, Sport in American History