RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA DR. DON SCHWARTZ DECEMBER 12, 2012
JOHN L. SULLIVAN “GENTLEMAN” JIM CORBETT
CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL
THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN Cartoon in N.Y. World, 1896
CHARLES ALBERT “CHIEF” BENDER “because there was so little racial prejudice in the game.... There has been scarcely a trace of sentiment against me on account of birth. I have been treated the same as other men.”
JIM THORPE
It makes sense to teach a child to play dominoes or chess. But what is the point of a crazy game like baseball? The children can get crippled.... Here in educated America adults play baseball. They run after a leather ball like children. I want my boy to grow up to be a mensch, not a wild American runner. But he cries his head off.
ANDY COHEN
BOXING
JACK JOHNSON
1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS
JESSE OWENS
MOSES “FLEET” WALKER “race prejudice exists in professional baseball ranks to a marked degree, and the unfortunate son of Africa who makes his living as a member of a team of White professionals has a rocky road to travel.” – The Sporting News