Description - The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism by Howard Bryant
In The Heritage, journalist Howard Bryant observes the rise, fall, and resurgence of elite black athletes who refuse to shut up and play. It is a heritage built by the influence of the superstardom of Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and others through the 1960s; undermined by apolitical transcenders of race, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods in the following decades; and reclaimed today by the likes of LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and Carmelo Anthony. Through research and interviews with some of sports' best-known stars, as well as members of law enforcement and the military, Bryant details the collision of post-9/11, hyper-patriotic American sports, and politically engaged post-Ferguson black athletes.
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