Robert Cvornyek, Doug Stark & Joseph N. Cooper: Race & Resistance in Boston
Schedule
Wed Mar 26 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
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Brookline Booksmith | Brookline, MA
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In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Race and Resistance in Boston with editors Robert Cvornyek and Douglas Stark, joined by contributor Joseph N. Cooper.
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Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History
Boston is a city known for its sports as well as its troubled racial conflict. But generations of Black athletes, teams, sportswriters, and front-office executives have exercised historic influence in Boston over the years as they advocated for racial integration and transformed their sports into modes of racial pride, resistance, and cultural expression. Race and Resistance in Boston goes beyond the familiar topics associated with the city’s premiere professional teams, the Red Sox and the Celtics, to recount the long history of Black sporting culture in the city.
This collection takes a close look at Black Bostonians’ involvement in sports as varied as soccer, cricket, boxing, baseball, golf, tennis, basketball, and hockey—and illuminates the effect of Boston’s desegregation and busing crisis on scholastic athletics in the 1970s and 1980s. With personal reminiscences from former New England Patriot Devin McCourty and journalist Bijan Bayne, as well as research from scholars of sport, Race and Resistance in Boston captures the intersection of Black history and sporting culture in America’s City on a Hill.
Robert Cvornyek is Professor Emeritus of Sport History at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Black Grays and Colored Giants: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Baseball in Rhode Island and directs the program "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing: Jazz, Baseball, and Black Cultural Expression."
Joseph N. Cooper is the inaugural Dr. J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston. His research agenda focuses on the intersection between sport, race, gender, education, and culture with an emphasis on sport involvement as a catalyst for holistic development and positive social change.
Douglas Stark is a museum professional who has worked in sports museums including the Tennis Hall of Fame, USGA Museum, and Basketball Hall of Fame. His career has focused on making history more engaging, relevant, and accessible to a diverse audience. He has written about basketball history.
About Brookline Booksmith
We are one of New England’s premier independent bookstores, family-owned and locally run since 1961. We offer an extensive selection of new, used, and bargain books; unique, beautiful gifts; award-winning events series; and specialty foods. Every day, we strive to foster community through the written word, represent a diverse range of voices and histories, and inspire conversations that enrich our lives. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!
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This event will take place at street level. If possible, the event will be livestreamed to YouTube. ASL interpretation may be provided (based on the availability of interpreters) but must be requested at least 2 weeks in advance of the event. Seats are limited. Please email us at [email protected] as soon as possible if you require ASL interpretation, guaranteed seating, or other accommodations. We will do our best to serve your needs!
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Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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