Directions
Please view the movie, “Race – The Power of an Illusion (Half 1: The Distinction Between Us)” by the hyperlink within the Week eight module and browse Chapter 6: “African American Athletes and Activism: All people has a Half to Play” by Moore. Reply to the questions listed on the separate doc for the movie (separate for ease of printing and following alongside as you view the movie) and the questions listed beneath for Moore’s chapter and submit your responses to the folder previous to the deadline.
Moore’s “African American Athletes and Activism”
Did all black athletes wish to interact in politics?
Who was Arthur Ashe? How did he view himself? How did he face racism/racial injustice?
What was the expectation of black athletes and civil rights?
How was Ashe moved towards activism?
How had been black athletes within the 1960s totally different from these within the 1940s and 1950s? What transfer did black athletes make?
Why did whites like Joe Louis? How did this have an effect on his position within the black group?
How did Joe Louis use his platform to struggle Jim Crow within the 1940s? How did he use his platform?
How did Sugar Ray Robinson converse out towards racist discrimination (Josephine Baker being refused service by the Stork Membership)? Did he keep his dedication to this trigger? How did the black group react to his response and motion (or inaction) within the civil rights motion?
What occurred when Jackie Robinson was requested to seem earlier than the Home Un-American Actions Committee to denounce Paul Robeson? What was the response? How did Robinson really feel about it later?
How did Robinson wade into civil rights issues as soon as he was capable of?
How did Robinson use his platform to push different black athletes into the civil rights motion? What did these athletes do?
Why did Jesse Owens criticize Robinson? How did Robinson react?
What was Willie Mays’ stance on the struggle for civil rights? How did Robinson react to this?
How was Invoice Russell concerned in civil rights? How was he an activist athlete? What methods did Russell get entangled within the motion?
How did Jim Brown struggle for black dignity whereas enjoying skilled soccer?
How did Brown assume black individuals would achieve equality? The place did this place him within the civil rights motion?
What tie does Brown see between black liberation and economics?
The Movie:
https://seize.udel.edu/media/RaceA+The+Power+of+an+Illusion%2C+Ep.+1A+The+Distinction+Between+us/1_de7u5ihx/180544301
