{"product_id":"race-and-resistance-in-boston-a-contested-sports-history-paperback","title":"Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Cvornyek\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDouglas Stark\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDevin McCourty\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoston is a city known for its sports as well as its troubled racial conflict. But generations of Black athletes, teams, sportswriters, and front-office executives have exercised historic influence in Boston over the years as they advocated for racial integration and transformed their sports into modes of racial pride, resistance, and cultural expression. \u003cem\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond the familiar topics associated with the city's premiere professional teams, the Red Sox and the Celtics, to recount the long history of Black sporting culture in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays takes a close look at Black Bostonians' involvement in sports as varied as soccer, cricket, boxing, baseball, golf, tennis, basketball, and hockey--and illuminates the effect of Boston's desegregation and busing crisis on scholastic athletics in the 1970s and 1980s. With personal reminiscences from former New England Patriot Devin McCourty and journalist Bijan Bayne, as well as research from scholars of sport, \u003cem\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/em\u003e captures the intersection of Black history and sporting culture in America's City on a Hill. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Cvornyek\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor emeritus of history at Rhode Island College. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Grays and Colored Giants: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Baseball in Rhode Island, 1870-1949\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Stark\u003c\/strong\u003e is a museum consultant and sports historian. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe James Naismith Reader: Basketball in His Own Words\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 2021). \u003cstrong\u003eDevin McCourty\u003c\/strong\u003e played his entire thirteen-year NFL career with the New England Patriots, winning three Super Bowls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Cvornyek\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of history at Rhode Island College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Grays and Colored Giants: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Baseball in Rhode Island, 1870-1949\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDouglas Stark\u003c\/b\u003e is a museum consultant and sports historian. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe James Naismith Reader: Basketball in His Own Words\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2021). \u003cb\u003eDevin McCourty\u003c\/b\u003e played his entire thirteen-year NFL career with the New England Patriots, winning three Super Bowls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978305405229,"sku":"9781496232687","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/l2OI80Z6X79781496232687.webp?v=1775801554","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/race-and-resistance-in-boston-a-contested-sports-history-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}