Summary/Reflection 4: Readings on Race in 1900’s American Sport
After reading the Module 5 Reading When the Rooster Crows: African American Athletes in the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1954-1968, summarize the historical content about the period that you found most interesting and reflect on and discuss its historical significance then and/or today.
Assignments should be approximately 2 pages in length, typed in 12pt. font and double spaced with one inch margins.
Summary/Reflection 5: Readings on Gender in 1900’s American Sport (20 pts)
After reading the Module 5 Readings The Rise and Decline of Organized Women’s Sports, 1890-1960 and A History of Women in Sport Prior to Title IX, summarize the historical content about the period that you found most interesting and reflect on and discuss its historical significance then and/or today.
Assignments should be approximately 2 pages in length, typed in 12pt. font and double spaced with one inch margins.
Discussion Question:
After reading Sport as TV Spectacle, Big Business, and Political Site 1950-1980 and Making Sense of the Sixties, describe in detail two similarities that you see between sport in the 1960s and sport today. Use contemporary examples and examples and points from the reading to back up your comparisons. (2-3 Paragraphs Only)
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