Back on Track: Wyomia Tyus, Breaking Historical Silences, and the Sporting Activist Legacies of 1968

Liberti, Rita; McDonald, Mary G.

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“…Black people. , , Liberti and McDonald (2019) and Waller et al (2012) They show how such forms of protest can impact structural racism, despite attempts to punish and ignore them by those in power. Waller et al (2012) warns Black, particularly male, athletes to not "become enslaved to the economics of their celebrity" (p. 265).…”

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“…Waller et al (2012) warns Black, particularly male, athletes to not "become enslaved to the economics of their celebrity" (p. 265). Liberti and McDonald (2019) focus on an associated story of the U.S. female track medalist from Mexico City 1968, Wyomia Tyus, who tried to show support for Carlos and Smith in order to challenge "racial and gendered lines of highlight the connection between politics, the Black Power movement and athlete activism.…”

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The State of Play Between Managing Major Sports Events and Human Rights: a Scoping Review

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This scoping review integrates literature from diverse perspectives to better understand when and how management of major sport events promotes or harms human rights. The authors critically review 130 peer-reviewed English language articles to identify conceptual contributions to research and practice. The findings reveal that politics and political reform, legal frameworks and organizational actions are crucial influences in when and how management of events promotes or harms human rights. The most frequently considered rights in the literature are: equality, human trafficking-related, sport as a human right, worker rights and freedom of residence. Activism for human rights stimulates change within relevant stakeholders via collaboration, naming and shaming, in-public debates and media coverage. The committed, transparent and inclusive consideration of human rights in all stages of managing sport events (from bid preparation, bidding, planning and hosting to post-event leverage) may increase the likelihood that the event has social benefits.

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“…Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, Earlene Brown, and Chuck Cooper were catalysts for desegregation in American team sports (Edwards, 2017). The third wave was interrelated with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s when iconic athletes like Erosenna Robinson, Wyomia Tyus, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Muhammed Ali, and Curt Flood challenged the definition of progress for Black athletes (Liberti & McDonald, 2019; Tyus & Terzakis, 2018). The fourth wave coincided with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.…”

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The Switch Up: BlackCrit, The Heritage, and the Wave of Athletic Racial Capitalism

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Schweinbenz,

Pegoraro

2023

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies

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In this article, the authors examine the period of time between Edwards’ third and fourth waves of athlete activism, featuring a lapse in The Heritage of Black athlete activism efforts. By applying a Black Critical Theory lens and analyzing athletes like Michael Jordan in the apolitical era of Black athletes, this study provides contextual understandings in addressing the gap in Black athlete activism and advancement from the 1980s to the late 2000s. The BlackCrit lens allows for the exposure of the problematic nature of racial capitalism, and how it caused athletes to go against The Heritage of Black athlete activism.

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Race, Nation Building, and the Global Cold War: Mestizaje in Mexico’s 1968 Olympic Games

Elías Jiménez

2024

New Global Studies

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Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1968. Scholarship has focused on intended economic outcomes that the Mexican government pursued; nevertheless, few scholars have looked at how organizers depicted the nation in terms of race during this period of global attention. This article uses archival documents, official publications, the press, and static and moving images to analyze how Mexican organizers planned the Olympic Games and used racialized representations while trying to position Mexico as a modern global leader. Organizers followed Olympic protocols and the expectations of being an Olympic host; they signposted proximity to Europe and the North Atlantic, and used miscegenation (mestizaje) as part of their strategies. The messages reached millions of people around the world, coinciding chronologically with anti-imperial and anti-racist struggles. The article suggests that IOC protocols such as the torch relay, and the opening and closing ceremonies have shaped representations of host cities and nations, particularly those not often associated with European countries.

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Back on Track: Wyomia Tyus, Breaking Historical Silences, and the Sporting Activist Legacies of 1968

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The State of Play Between Managing Major Sports Events and Human Rights: a Scoping Review

The State of Play Between Managing Major Sports Events and Human Rights: a Scoping Review

The Switch Up: BlackCrit, The Heritage, and the Wave of Athletic Racial Capitalism

Race, Nation Building, and the Global Cold War: Mestizaje in Mexico’s 1968 Olympic Games

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