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Helmets, Public Safety, and Black Biking Culture in Chicago

December 19, 2022December 27, 2022 Jayson Maurice Porter 3 Comments
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On any given day in Chicago, if the weather permits, I can count on seeing a Black person riding a

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Ebony Magazine, Black Baseball and Identity in America

April 7, 2022April 6, 2022 Robert Greene II Baseball, Ebony Magazine, Hank Aaron, Major League Baseball, Willie Mays

Baseball’s Opening Day offers an opportunity to once again consider the relationship between America’s pastime and Black thought in American

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NBA 75 and Black Sporting Memory

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Robert Greene II Basketball, desegregation, Harlem Globetrotters, Jackie Robinson, National Basketball League

The National Basketball Association’s 2021-2022 season is also the league’s 75th anniversary. As such the league is using a variety

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Baseball and Black American Memory

October 15, 2021October 14, 2021 Robert Greene II Baseball, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball, Memory, Negro Leagues

October in the United States means the arrival of the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs. Arguably more than any other

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Jack Johnson and Africa: Boxing and Race in Colonial Africa

October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Abraham Tapiwa Seda African Diaspora, black internationalism, Boxing, Gender, South Africa, sports, Zimbabwe

Jack Johnson never set foot in Africa, but the circulation of his images was heavily censored and sometimes prohibited in

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