History

– How did Jack Johnson and his 1910 heavyweight championship fightagainst Jim Jeffries blur line between broader American culturalbeliefs and popular culture?– How did Jack Johnson violate American cultural beliefs outside of his boxing?– How did ethnically distinct baseball players like Joe DiMaggio andHank Greenberg eventually become accepted as “American” heroes,thereby helping the country become more accepting of Italian andJewish Americans?– How did Jackie Robinson’s entry into major league baseball fit intobroader American trends in 1947? In other words, what was happening inAmerica at the time that allowed this to happen more easily inbaseball?– What are some examples of athletes using the popularity of theirsporting events as an opportunity to make a political or socialstatement?