Games of discontent : protests, boycotts, and politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics /
"The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were to be a moment of respite from chaos. But the image of peace - a white dove - adopted by organizers w...
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| 520 | |a "The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were to be a moment of respite from chaos. But the image of peace - a white dove - adopted by organizers was an illusion, as was obvious to a record six hundred million people watching worldwide on satellite television. Ten days before the opening ceremony, soldiers slaughtered hundreds of student protesters in the capital. In Games of Discontent Harry Blutstein presents vivid accounts of threatened boycotts to protest racism in the United States, South Africa, and Rhodesia. He describes demonstrations by Czechoslovak gold medal gymnast Věra Čáslavská against the Soviet-led invasion of her country. The most dramatic moment of the Olympic Games was Tommie Smith and John Carlos's black power salute from the podium. Blutstein presents new details behind their protest and examines how this iconic image seared itself into historical memory, inspiring Colin Kaepernick and a new generation of athlete-activists to take a knee against racism decades later. The 1968 Summer Games became a microcosm of the discord happening around the globe. Describing a range of protest activities preceding and surrounding the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, Games of Discontent shines light on the world during a politically transformative time when discontents were able, for the first time, to globalize their protests."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2021). | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Front Matter -- |t Contents -- |t Figures -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Author's Note -- |t Introduction -- |t Bidding for Olympic Glory -- |t True Colours -- |t Manufacturing Discontent -- |t Revolt of the Black Athlete -- |t The Tlatelolco Massacre -- |t Let the Fiesta Begin -- |t The Salute -- |t Take the Money and Run -- |t Berets, Smiles, and Fear and Loathing in Mexico -- |t After Spring, Mexico -- |t Adiós, Hasta la Vista -- |t Bearing Witness -- |t Epilogue -- |t Notes -- |t Index |
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