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RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA DR. DON SCHWARTZ DECEMBER 12, 2012.

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1 RACE, CLASS, CITIZENSHIP AND SPORTS IN AMERICA DR. DON SCHWARTZ DECEMBER 12, 2012

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15 JOHN L. SULLIVAN “GENTLEMAN” JIM CORBETT

16 CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL

17 THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN Cartoon in N.Y. World, 1896

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20 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.”

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22 JIM THORPE

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28 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.

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30 BOXING

31 JACK JOHNSON

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33 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS

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36 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

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