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The Importance of Muhammad Ali
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., as Muhammad Ali was once known, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1942—a time when blacks were the servant class in Louisville. They held jobs such as...
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The History of Women’s Baseball
From 1943 to 1954, “America’s pastime” was a game played in skirts. At its peak in 1948, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) fielded ten teams in midwestern towns like...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Age of Excess
F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, were guilty of many things. They were impetuous, they were known to drink too much, and they were prone...
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Amateurism and Jim Thorpe at the Fifth Olympiad
Thorpe’s deception and subsequent confession deals amateur sport in America the hardest blow it has ever had to take and disarranges the scheme of amateur athletics the world over.
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The Battle of the Sexes
It’s hard to explain, if you weren’t there at the time, why the “Battle of the Sexes”—the 1973 tennis match between Billie...
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Why Sports History Is American History
In the classroom, examples from sports can explain key events in American history and help explore how people in American society have grappled with racial, ethnic, and regional differences in...
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The Impact of Title IX
One of the great achievements of the women’s movement was the enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The law states...
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Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first African American to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers on the field.
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Battle of the Sexes
Female tennis star Billie Jean King accepted a challenge from self-described “male chauvinist pig” and former Wimbledon winner Bobby Riggs. In a symbolic win for the women’s movement, King defeated Riggs in the tennis match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”
Glossary Term – Event
Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed, prohibiting discrimination based on gender in federally assisted educational programs.