Harlem's Chief Representatives
The Radical Politics of Black Soccer in New York, 1928-1949
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635648 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jermaine Scott (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 196-219 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1867 • E-ISSN: 2153-5086 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/713678 |
| OpenAlex | W3160224620 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article seeks to analyze the cultural and political significance of soccer, popularly known as football, in Black diasporic communities in New York City, from 1928 to 1949. While the historical scholarship on African American and African Diasporic culture and history has ignored the centrality of soccer to Black life, this article situates soccer within a long tradition of Black athletic politics, particularly during the interwar period. Black soccer challenges the narratives of American exceptionalism and the ways the United States exploited Black athletes as representatives of racial progress and assimilation before and immediately following World War II. Focusing on the Falcon Athletic Club and, to a lesser extent, the Maroons Football Club, I hope to reveal the diasporic circuits and politics of Black soccer during the interwar years in New York
Art · Club · Exceptionalism · Football · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |