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Ibram Kendi, One of the Nation’s Leading Scholars of Racism, Says Education and Love Are Not the Answer

A profile of the founder of American University's new anti-racism center.

by Lonnae O'Neal via Andscape on September 20, 2017

A 1902 football game mid-play, with men from both sides rushing at each other

God and the Gridiron Game

America's obsession with football is nearly as old as the game itself.

by Paul Putz, Hunter Hampton via Christianity Today on September 6, 2017

Roy Takeno, editor, and group reading paper in front of office, Manzanar Relocation Center, California

Behind Barbed Wire

Japanese-American internment camp newspapers.

by Chris Ehrman, Heather Thomas via Library of Congress on August 31, 2017

What Does Trump's Golfing Reveal about His Personality?

Donald Trump has been playing a lot of golf since becoming president. Can his habit be explained by his "sky-high extroversion?"

by Jessica Brown via JSTOR Daily on August 2, 2017

The Umpire Strikes Out: Baseball Music and Labor

The classic baseball hit "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has a lot more to do with U.S. history than one might think.

by Wendi Maloney via Library of Congress on July 31, 2017

Celebrating the Life and Activism of Jackie Robinson

Those who honor Jackie Robinson must remember his importance outside the baseball diamond.

by Matthew Teutsch via Black Perspectives on May 9, 2017

Sports bettors watching a horse race.

Oil in the Can

A history of horse racing, it's slang, and handicapping.

by Eric Banks via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 1, 2016

Two paintings of sports: Jean Jacoby's Corner, left, and Rugby. At the 1928 Olympic Art Competitions in Amsterdam, Jacoby won a gold medal for Rugby.

When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Art

In the modern Olympics’ early days, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians battled for gold, silver and bronze.

by Joseph Stromberg via Smithsonian on July 25, 2012

Mack Robinson.

Black Champions: Interview with Mack Robinson

Olympic track and field athlete reflects on the exclusion of African Americans from professional sports and the role his brother Jackie played in changing that.

via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on May 21, 1985

Jim Brown.

Black Champions: Interview with Jim Brown

On inclusion of African American athletes in college sports.

via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 19, 1985

Black Champions: Interview with Curt Flood

On traveling through the Jim Crow south as the sole Black athlete on a baseball team.

via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on November 16, 1984

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