The power of the pen and the field: how American sports journalism helped shape race relations in the civil rights era
Sports in the U.S. has always played an integral part in American society, be it through political, economic, social, or cultural ways. Hence, the history of American sports is significance to those who desire to better understand American society. Especially in the topic of African American race...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165386 |
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| Summary: | Sports in the U.S. has always played an integral part in American society, be it through
political, economic, social, or cultural ways. Hence, the history of American sports is
significance to those who desire to better understand American society. Especially in the
topic of African American race relations in America, sports and its history have garnered
great publicity and have proven to be of immense significance. During the Civil Rights era,
when African American involvement in sports took a more prominent stage, the field of
sports journalism itself tended to be side-lined in many of these discussions. Hence, this
project aims to investigate the role sports journalism played in African American race
relations in the U.S during the civil rights period. It delves into the relationships between the
athletes and sport journalists and how it changed as the civil rights era progressed from the
1950s to the 1960s. In addition, this project investigates the trials and tribulations faced by
African American sports journalists within the industry during the civil rights era. |
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