Globetrotting: African American Athletes and Cold War Politics

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Index 1948 elections, 6, 27–28 1964 Civil Rights Act. See Civil Rights Movement Aaron, Hank, 32 AAU. See Amateur Athletic Union Acheson, Dean, 7, 44, 47–48 Afghanistan, 168 African American athletes: as Cold Warriors , 113; and self-definition, 139, 144–46, 150–54, 159–60; as symbols of progress, 40, 91–92, 97, 102–5, 109, 120–23, 136 African American newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, 16; Baltimore Afro-American , 14, 33, 36; and baseball, 13, 16, 17; Chicago Defender, 14, 52, 55; Journal and Guide, 30; New Guide and Journal, 17; Philadelphia Afro-American, 27, 31; Philadelphia Tribune, 32, 34; Pittsburgh Courier, 13–14, 17 Afrique Nouvelle (newspaper), 108 Alabama, 124–25, 162 Albright, Tenny, 89 Alcindor, Lew. See Kareem Abdul Jabbar Algeria, 45 Ali, Muhammad, 122–23, 143–44, 146, 166, 168–69 Amateur Athletic Act of 1974, 169 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 3, 88–9, 93, 106, 115 Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 170 American Bar Association, 15 “American Dream,” 10, 18, 41, 43, 72, 136 American embassies: Algiers, 81; Libya, 99; Lisbon, 99; Singapore, 94 American National Theater and Academy, 80 American Public Affairs Office, 77 Amos ’n’ Andy, 49, 59 An American Dilemma, 21–23, 37–38, 140 Anderson, Carol, 5, 107 Angola, 151 anticolonialism, 26, 28, 35, 74, 111–12 Apollo 7, 159 Arizin, Paul, 69 Arkansas, 95, 105, 116 Armas, Castillo, 104 Ashe, Arthur, 170 Associated Press (AP), 24 Atlanta Daily World. See African American newspapers atomic bomb, 78, 106 Australia, 86 Bachelor, R. H. W., 114 badminton, 94 Bahamas, 153 Baltimore Afro-American. See African American newspapers Bandung conference, 111–13 Barber, Red Barnsdall Millers. See basketball Thomas_Text.indd 201 7/22/12 10:07 AM 202 Index baseball: 1943 owners’ meeting, 14–23, 29; Black Sox scandal, 13; Boston Braves, 17; Boston Red Sox, 17; Brooklyn Dodgers, 18, 19, 21, 31, 44; Chicago Cubs, 31; Chicago White Sox, 13; Cincinnati Reds, 31; Cleveland Indians, 44; integration 9–10, 13–14, 30–32, 92, 136–37; international appeal, 44; minor leagues 14, Negro leagues, 19, 57–60; Philadelphia Phillies, 31; Savoy Big Five, 51–52; scouting 14 basketball: and AAU, 89, 93; American ambassadorship and, Barnsdall Millers, 54; in Berlin, 47; Black Colonels, 60; Boston Celtics, 67; Boston Whirlwinds, 45; Club Olympia, 104; Dayton Mets, 68; Fee’s Rollerdome, 55; in Guatemala, 104; integration, 66–68, 92, 136; Minneapolis Lakers, 66; Minnesota Coaches, 54; NBA Finals, 70; NCAA Tournament , 70; New York Knicks, 68; New York Rens, 68; NIT Tournament, 68, 70; Oshkosh All-Stars, 55; in Paraguay, 104; in Portugal, 45; segregation in, 47; Washington Capitols, 68; World Basketball Tournament, 76–78; World Series of Basketball, 69–70; Zulu Cannibal Giants, 60 Bass, Amy, 157 Beamon, Bob, 154 Belcher, Taylor, 96 Belgium, 45, 50 Bennett, Buzz, 76 Bethune, Mary McCleod, 27–28 Biondi, Martha, 31 Black Colonels. See basketball black masculinity, 62 Black Panther Party, 143 Black Power movement, 131, 134, 137–44, 149, 153, 160, 165 Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America, 139 Black Sox scandal. See baseball Blackthink, 158–59 Bond, Julian, 160 Borstelmann, Thomas, 124 Boston Globe (newspaper), 33 Boston Braves. See baseball Boston Post (newspaper), 67 Boston, Ralph, 143 Boston Red Sox. See baseball Bowerman, William, 93–94 Bowles, Chester, 5 boxing, 4, 12–15, 19, 41, 46, 122 Brazil, 75, 77 Bridges, Henry Styles, 76, 95 British East Africa. See Kenya Broderick, Maurice J., 104 Brokenburr, Robert Lee, 110 Brookins, Tommy, 52 Brooklyn. See New York City Brown v. Board of Education, 11, 31, 43, 74, 105–11, 115–16, 162 Brown, H. Rap, 161 Brown, Jim, 92, 146, 166 Brown, Walter, 67 Brown, William “Rookie,” 50, 70 Brownell, Herbert, 117 Brundage, Avery, 86–90, 143, 146–48, 156–57, 159 Bulgaria, 75 Burghley, Lord David, 156 Burk, Robert, 110 Burma. See Myanmar Burrell, Otis Butler, John, 83, 88 California, 34, 105 California Athletic Commission, 145 Cambodia, 100 Cameroon, 91–92 Camp, Walter, 15, 28 Campanella, Roy, 148 Canada, 53–56 Canham, Don, 86 Cannon, Jimmy, 145 Capehart, Homer, 95 Carey, Archibald J., 110 Carlos, John, 10, 134–35, 148, 152, 157–60, 166 Carmichael, Stokely, 139–140, 161 Carnegie Foundation, 21 Carney, Stephen M., 71 Carr, Henry, 157 Carter, Jimmy, 168–69 Casler, Harry S., 104 Caste, Class and Race, 23 Ceylon. See Sri Lanka Ceylon Daily (newspaper), 118 Chalker, Robert P., 118 Chandler, Happy, 18 Chicago Defender. See African American newspapers Chicago, Illinois, 31, 52, 69 Chicago White Sox. See baseball...