Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist Athlete

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curt flood in the media race, rhetoric, and media series Davis W. Houck, General Editor Abraham Iqbal Khan Curt Flood in the Media baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete University Press of Mississippi / Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2012 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Khan,Abraham Iqbal. Curt Flood in the media : baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete / Abraham Iqbal Khan. p. cm. — (Race, rhetoric, and media series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-61703-138-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-161703 -139-7 (ebook) 1. Flood, Curt, 1938–1997. 2. Flood, Curt, 1938–1997—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. African American baseball players—Biography. 4. Baseball—Law and legislation—United States. 5. Discrimination in sports—United States. 6. Free agents (Sports)—United States. I. Title. GV885.F45K43 2012 796.357092—dc23 [B] 2011024032 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available For my mom and dad This page intentionally left blank ...