… The twenty-seventh symposium, held September 25–27, 2002, focused on “Race and Sport”
and the difficult struggle for racial equality on and off the playing fields of the United States. …

… racial uplift saw the elimination of discrimination in sports as a pivotal battle in the larger
struggle to win equal … on the allegedly level playing fields of sports, they would demonstrate their …

… Race and Sport is a collection of essays. All relate to the topic, but because the area is so …
Any scholar who is serious about the subject of race and sport will find this volume useful. …

… equality of opportunities for Black athletes and how he used sport in the battle for racial …
altered the way that sport is viewed, making individuals aware that sport is an institution that …

… sport research and literature. This article examines organizational perspectives on racial
equality and diversity in sport coaching. In doing so, we shift the popular critical gaze from the …

… Clarity in this area must be reached if sport intends to work towards equality and inclusion …
a range of norms and attitudes from other settings, many of which we find in sport and leisure. …

… found far away from traditional social and political arenas, indicative of the power of sport
within society'. Michael Lomax examines the struggle for racial equality within American …

… race in sport than about race in general. By way of conclusion, then, I will discuss the
implications of the case of sport for conventional sociological theories of race and race relations. …

… on African Americans in sport or otherwise. For this … in sport cannot improve qualitatively
without its creators coming to terms with race, by engaging the ideas of those outside the field, …

… race theory is advanced as a worthy theoretical framework from which to interrogate issues
of ‘race’, … anti‐oppressive theory, race equality and related areas in sport and leisure studies. …