Sports illustrated’s African American athlete series as socially responsible journalism

Reed W. Smith

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1d9nhwr.16

Sports illustrated’s African American athlete series as socially responsible journalism

Reed W. Smith

Communication Arts

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Abstract

The year 1968 was a seminal one in United States history. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. There were riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the Tet Offensive changed America’s mind about the war in Vietnam. It also was an extraordinary year for African American athletes. Bob Gibson won Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player Award, Arthur Ashe Jr. became the first African American to capture the U. S. Open Tennis Tournament, O. J. Simpson ran a football to the Heisman Trophy, and Sports Illustrated (SI ) named pro basketball’s Bill Russell Sportsman of the...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From Jack Johnson to Lebron James
Subtitle of host publication	Sports, Media, and the Color Line
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Pages	357-382
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9780803285262
ISBN (Print)	9780803276802
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1d9nhwr.16
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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African-American
Athlete series
Socially responsible journalism
Sports Illustrated

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