Globetrotting: African American Athletes and Cold War Politics

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War Prosperity and Repression 13 2. “Spreading the Gospel of Basketball”: The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the Minstrel Tradition, 1945–54 41 3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War–Era Athletic Foreign Policy 75 4. “The Good Negroes”: Propaganda and the Racial Crisis 103 5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete 133 Epilogue 167 Notes 171 Bibliography 191 Index 201 Thomas_Text.indd 7 7/22/12 10:07 AM Thomas_Text.indd 8 7/22/12 10:07 AM ...