Author: David K. Wiggins
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538152843
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
"An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.” —Booklist, Starred Review, and Named a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023 The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games. In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the global stage. But even as these incredible athletes have served to promote visions of racial harmony in the supposedly-apolitical Olympic setting, many have also bravely used the games as a means to bring attention to racial disparities in their country and around the world. In Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games, David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson explore in detail the varied experiences of African American athletes, specifically in the summer games. They examine the lives and careers of such luminaries as Jesse Owens, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Michael Johnson, and Simone Biles, but also many African American Olympians who have garnered relatively little attention and whose names have largely been lost from historical memory. In recounting the stories of these Black Olympians, Black Mercuries makes clear that their superior athletic skills did not always shield them from the racial tropes and insensitivity spewed by fellow athletes, the media, spectators, and many others. Yet, in part because of the struggles they faced, African American Olympians have been extraordinarily important symbolically throughout Olympic history, serving as role models to future Black athletes and often putting their careers on the line to speak out against enduring racial inequality and discriminatory practices in all walks of life.
Black Mercuries
Author: David K. Wiggins
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538152843
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
"An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.” —Booklist, Starred Review, and Named a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023 The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games. In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the global stage. But even as these incredible athletes have served to promote visions of racial harmony in the supposedly-apolitical Olympic setting, many have also bravely used the games as a means to bring attention to racial disparities in their country and around the world. In Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games, David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson explore in detail the varied experiences of African American athletes, specifically in the summer games. They examine the lives and careers of such luminaries as Jesse Owens, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Michael Johnson, and Simone Biles, but also many African American Olympians who have garnered relatively little attention and whose names have largely been lost from historical memory. In recounting the stories of these Black Olympians, Black Mercuries makes clear that their superior athletic skills did not always shield them from the racial tropes and insensitivity spewed by fellow athletes, the media, spectators, and many others. Yet, in part because of the struggles they faced, African American Olympians have been extraordinarily important symbolically throughout Olympic history, serving as role models to future Black athletes and often putting their careers on the line to speak out against enduring racial inequality and discriminatory practices in all walks of life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538152843
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
"An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.” —Booklist, Starred Review, and Named a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023 The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games. In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the global stage. But even as these incredible athletes have served to promote visions of racial harmony in the supposedly-apolitical Olympic setting, many have also bravely used the games as a means to bring attention to racial disparities in their country and around the world. In Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games, David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson explore in detail the varied experiences of African American athletes, specifically in the summer games. They examine the lives and careers of such luminaries as Jesse Owens, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Michael Johnson, and Simone Biles, but also many African American Olympians who have garnered relatively little attention and whose names have largely been lost from historical memory. In recounting the stories of these Black Olympians, Black Mercuries makes clear that their superior athletic skills did not always shield them from the racial tropes and insensitivity spewed by fellow athletes, the media, spectators, and many others. Yet, in part because of the struggles they faced, African American Olympians have been extraordinarily important symbolically throughout Olympic history, serving as role models to future Black athletes and often putting their careers on the line to speak out against enduring racial inequality and discriminatory practices in all walks of life.
Toxicological profile for mercury
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Investigations of the White Mountain Mercury Deposit, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
Author: Raymond P. Maloney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury ores
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury ores
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Mercury study report to Congress Vol. 2
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428953795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428953795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Mercury study report to Congress
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428903720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1811
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428903720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1811
Book Description
Black Mercury
Author: Trevor R. Fairbanks and Eric C. Harrison
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0988804069
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
EARTH has a disease! Its called HUMANITY! Enter the Lord of Lightning, a wayward Godling desperate to lose his virginity. But on this world of suffering he discovers that INFECTION can kill anyone. BLEAK line-work by Eric C. Harrison illustrate the DISMAL words of Trevor R. Fairbanks in BLACK MERCURY, an experiment in spontaneity of image/word association. To create Black Mercury, Eric C. Harrison sent one or two raw illustrations to Trevor R. Fairbanks by email. As Trevor received the illustrations, one or two at a time, he looked into each one for inspiration. He allowed each image point his mind and guide his words and created a page of text for each. Black Mercury became an entity of its own creation by putting both artist and writer in a position of not knowing what to expect. The story became its own thing and though their hands were involved - it was out of the control of artist and writer to anticipate the final outcome.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0988804069
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
EARTH has a disease! Its called HUMANITY! Enter the Lord of Lightning, a wayward Godling desperate to lose his virginity. But on this world of suffering he discovers that INFECTION can kill anyone. BLEAK line-work by Eric C. Harrison illustrate the DISMAL words of Trevor R. Fairbanks in BLACK MERCURY, an experiment in spontaneity of image/word association. To create Black Mercury, Eric C. Harrison sent one or two raw illustrations to Trevor R. Fairbanks by email. As Trevor received the illustrations, one or two at a time, he looked into each one for inspiration. He allowed each image point his mind and guide his words and created a page of text for each. Black Mercury became an entity of its own creation by putting both artist and writer in a position of not knowing what to expect. The story became its own thing and though their hands were involved - it was out of the control of artist and writer to anticipate the final outcome.
Reports on Telescopic Observations of the Transit of Mercury, May 5-6, 1878
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Mercury Potential of the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mercury
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Geology of the Huahuaxtla Mercury District, State of Guerrero, Mexico
Author: David Gallagher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Sources of Mercury in Sediments, Water, and Fish of the Lakes of Whatcom County, Washington
Author: A. J. Paulson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Contaminated sediments
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Contaminated sediments
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description