The Struggle That Must Be

by Harry Edwards

Recounting his involvement in athletics, his civil-rights activism, and his organization of the Black athletes' protest at the 1968 Olympics, Edwards, currently a sociology professor at Berkeley, relates his ongoing battles within the academic world as well

Genres: Sports

Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Harry Edwards (1942) is an American sociologist and civil rights activist. He completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Edwards' career has focused on the experiences of African-American athletes.

Reviews

[Edward Pittman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book when I was a young athlete, struggling with the politics of sport in America and the long history of exploiting black athletes. Have returned to certain sections over time and the book still resonates. Edwards was a major organizer behind the famed 1968 Olympic boycott in Mexico when black track stars raised their black-gloved fists in protest of racism in America. A very good read.