AFAM 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Negro League Baseball, Gerald Early
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Gerald early argues adam have no greater to dramatic impact on american culture sports. Sports are tide to education institutions in the us relationship to back pulp to sports mirror the education in sports in the us. Relationship of black people to sports is also one of their relationship t private industry, & Gerald early argued the education system, private industry, and the cult of professionalism reflected and reinforced the systematic segregation and racism that the political apparatus of the created. Early argued gained more recognition income after integration. Negro leagues: 1920-1931, 1933-1960 loose confederation of professional baseball clubs; probably the most important black sports high level athletes more attracted to bad teams such as basketball and football. Jack johnson prominent black boxer in early 1900 beating white opponents, convicted of the.