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(Topic Sentence)The central idea of “Why sports history is American History” by Mark Naison, is that women and black athletes had to fight to get the chance in sports. (Quote 1)For example, “We believed that if we got good enough at our sport, we could reach any goal.” (Explain 1) This shows that the women and African American had to get better that the white people to become professional or college player. (Quote 2)Another example of African Americans not getting fair treated fair in sports is, “But for a long time, African American athletes didn’t get a fair chance.” (Explain 2) The author is telling the reader that they didn’t get their fare chances of getting in the professional sports. (Quote 3) Another example of showing how people fought
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Charles does his best to reveal to his audience about the flaws in collegiate sports, and how the barriers were broken and created a environment were talent was based on skill not color. However, I still believe that racism in sports exists in rural and not industrial areas of the United States. In addition to my liking to this book, I feel that it is well written and can be beneficial society. The book, Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sport, is impactful to changing the view of race and practicing equality. All in all, this book is set out to inform his readers about the history of race in intercollegiate

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Martin also used an expository writing style which was shown as he presented an occurrence, explained it, and used evidence to support it. With such writing styles, the author provided an in-depth introduction to what the purpose of the book was and how it had an overall impact on the athletic industry in universities. A conclusion is also provided which ties together all the ideas presented throughout the chapters and reflects on how these events combined pushed for integration of people of color in college sports. Throughout the chapters, the themes noticed were how social structures and racial ideologies were present in the United States and the types of movements or policies put in place to challenge such structures. To support his thesis, Martin used factual records such as different news media and university archives during the time frame of 1890 and 1980.

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Baseball is and always will be America 's pastime. It exhibits what it entirely means to be an American through everything baseball has done for our nation as a whole. Baseball was first invented in the 18th-19th century. It was a variation of another sport being played at the time called "town-ball". Baseball evolved from various sports but mostly borrowed from Town-ball, a game that at the time was one of the most played games of all

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It was not until later in life that Graff realized his personal interests outside of school are what caused him to gain intellect and ultimately write about this topic. He hated books assigned in school, but he loved to read and discuss sports. The Chicago neighbourhood where he grew up had an obvious separation between upper and lower classes; even though Graff was among the ‘clean cut’ kids, he frequently interacted with the ‘hoods’ (Graff, 2003). Graff (2003) claims that if you were not able to fight well, it was important not to show literacy as this would put a target on your back. Partially for this reason, as well as his lack of academic interest, Graff discovered his identity through sports.

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He played baseball until his freshman year of high school because he started struggling with his grades and then his junior year, he played again earning a full-ride scholarship to college. When Evans’ was little, he went up to bat against a girl but struck out. Stereotypically boys should be better than girls at sports but Evans’ was able to respect that a girl had beat him. He expressed that you must respect the game, when you respect the game it influences you to respect other players and then to respect your fellow peers outside of the game. Evans’ also said players must be capable to adjusting to the pitches in the batter’s box, ups and downs, and this relates to the adjustment of a diverse world, people must be accountable for what they do and how they help others.

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Over 60 years ago, America began the greatest shift in its society: the Civil Rights Movement. Before this movement began, Jim Crow laws were still in effect segregating blacks in certain schools, bathrooms, and even public buses (History.com). Over time, many in the black communities grew frustrated with the Jim Crow laws, because of their effectiveness in limiting an African American’s pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. With the new emphasis on equality a new athlete was ready to make American history, and it would come on the baseball field. Jackie Robinson, Hall of Fame MLB player, become the first African-American to every play on a Major League Baseball team.

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When one considers historical development from 1607 through 1865 in what eventually would become the United States of America, it is though a game of basketball was being played with the lives of the people. In the first quarter the slaves are playing against the indentured servants, England owning both teams. The second quarter entails the French, colonists and slaves in the American Revolution versus the European powerhouse England. The third quarter parallels the United States purchase of 828,000 square miles of Louisiana from France. The fourth quarter encompasses colonization  and abolitionism, activity centered on expelling free blacks from the United States, or ending slavery across the board.

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(Topic sentence)Why sports history is America history, by Mark Naison, is an article that provides proof that the racial and gender equality movements also had some more inconspicuous moments of change throughout the years. This can be shown when the author writes (Quote) “ In the first half of the 1900s, Irish, Italian and Jewish Americans were often looked on with suspicion. Yet, boxers John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Benny Leonard and Rocky Marciano and baseball players Joe DiMaggio and Hank Greenberg all became huge stars. They offered hope that immigrant families could find success and become fully accepted as Americans.”

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My written task is based on the story of Serena Williams in this book. Serena’s life is a good example to explain how black players were treated unfairly in sports. Tennis is a white dominate sport. As an African American player, Serena Williams has been attacked by many people due to the race.

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The white supremacy that flooded America in the 19th and early 20th century is no longer seen in the sporting world. This paper looked at sports through the lens of an individual athlete named Muhammad Ali (who definitively changed history for African-American people in the United States), as well as looked at sports as a whole throughout history. Through statistics and reports, proof has demonstrated that the sporting world has developed to give more of an opportunity for African-American athletes to compete than ever before. Athletics creates a platform that gives athletes an opportunity to be more than just an athlete. An opportunity to stand up for what they believe in and bring attention to some of the problems of the world.

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“Female discrimination in sports is a common occurrence all around the world, women are seen as less than males.” (Ladrea) Equality in sports is unequal. In the 1800 women got very little attention and did not get the opportunity to play in any sport in America and all around the world. Men could go and try out for different sports teams and workout but for women they were only allowed to stay home to cook and clean. There were some events women could participate in but it could not be competitive, it was focused on getting active and staying active.

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