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Boston’s Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism

Boston’s Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism

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  • More about Boston’s Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism

Sport has long been a stage where identity is contested, visibility is earned, and social change takes root.
In Boston, the Black athletic body has historically challenged the city’s self image as a beacon of liberalism. Boston''s Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets this contested history through the lives and experiences of African American athletes who used their talent as a vehicle for social justice. Editors Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark, along with the volume’s contributors, spotlight figures such as Kittie Knox, Louise Stokes, and Medina Dixon—athletes who confronted and navigated Boston’s racial boundaries across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their biographical portraits draw from stories rooted in Boston’s Black neighborhoods, illuminating the struggles, triumphs, and enduring cultural significance of these community shaping figures. In recounting how these athletes influenced racial identity and cultural expression, the book demonstrates how their legacies continue to challenge perceptions of Boston and reveal sport’s power to expose inequity and inspire transformation.

  • Publication date: 28 May 2026
  • Page count: 314
  • Dimensions: Height 229 mm; Width 152 mm
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN-13: 9781666909067

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