Sports Illustrated's African-American Athlete Series as Socially Responsible Journalism
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
1-2016
Publication Title
From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line
DOI
10.2307/j.ctt1d9nhwr.16
ISBN
978-0-8032-7680-2
Abstract
The year 1968 was a seminal one in United States history. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. There were riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the Tet Offensive changed America’s mind about the war in Vietnam. It also was an extraordinary year for African American athletes. Bob Gibson won Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player Award, Arthur Ashe Jr. became the first African American to capture the U. S. Open Tennis Tournament, O. J. Simpson ran a football to the Heisman Trophy, and Sports Illustrated (SI) named pro basketball’s Bill Russell Sportsman of the...
Recommended Citation
Smith, Reed W..
2016.
"Sports Illustrated's African-American Athlete Series as Socially Responsible Journalism."
From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line, Chris Lamb (Ed.): 357-382 Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
doi: 10.2307/j.ctt1d9nhwr.16 source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1d9nhwr?turn_away=true isbn: 978-0-8032-7680-2
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