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Resources on Racism and Sexism in College Sports
Posted on April 8, 2024 in DEIA Resource Lists
College sports are always a hot topic in the United States. Whether Americans are partaking in March Madness or considering if student athletes should be paid, college sports loom large in American public discourse. The subject is rife with both incredible feats and unfortunate legacies. This year, to mark National Student-Athlete Day, the TIE team has pulled together a short primer of resources that chart the painful legacies of racism and sexism in college sports, as well as efforts to break down these barriers.
- Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890–1980 (2010) by Charles H. Martin
- Beyond the Cheers: Race as Spectacle in College Sports (2001) by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood
- Black College Athletes and the Neoliberal State: Dreaming from Bended Knee (2020) by Albert Y. Bimper, Jr.
- Black College Football: The Game That Time Forgot (2020) by Carlos A. Lock
- Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jack Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football (2019) by Derrick E. White
- Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights (2013) by Samuel G. Freedman
- Common Enemies: Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports (2021) by Thomas F. Schaller
- Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX’s Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports (2023) by James N. Druckman and Elizabeth A. Sharrow
- Full Court Press: Mississippi State University, the Press, and the Battle to Integrate College Basketball (2016) by Jason A. Peterson
- Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball (2006) by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody
- How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls’ Sports: The Pay-to-Play Pipeline (2017) by Rick Eckstein
- Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American College Football (2010) by Lane Demas
- Invisible Seasons: Title IX and the Fight for Equity in College Sports (2017) by Kelly Belanger
- Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan (2020) by Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson
- Moments of Impact: Injury, Racialized Memory, and Reconciliation in College Football (2016) by Jaime Schultz
- Pay to Play: Race and the Perils of the College Sports Industrial Complex (2017) by Lori Latrice Martin, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, and Nicholas Daniel Hartlep
- Racism in College Athletics, 4th ed. (2020) edited by Dana Brooks and Ronald Althouse
- Racism, Activism, and Integrity in College Football: The Bates Must Play Movement (2021) by Donald Spivey
- The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions (2010) by Billy Hawkins
We are grateful to the following Choice reviewers for supplying these helpful resources!
Dr. Derek Catsam
Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities, History, The University of Texas, Permian Basin
Dr. Sarah K. Fields, JD, FNAK
Professor of Communication, University of Colorado, Denver
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