Vanguard of the Athletic Revolution: The Black Panther Party, Micki and Jack Scott, and the Sports Liberation Movement

IF 0.5 4区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY AMERICAN QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1353/aq.2023.a905868

M. Aziz

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Abstract:During the 1970s, the Black Panther Party believed in and provided sports programming that spoke to community embodiment. The Party's approach aligned with what Jack and Micki Scott called "the sports liberation movement." Though understudied in sports history, the Scotts endeavored to create a revolution motivated by the 1968 Olympics. They controversially wrote about and taught sports in a way that prioritized the needs and well-being of professional athletes and everyday people, rather than US patriotism and capitalism consumption. Influenced by fellow leftists like the Scotts, the Black Panthers circulated ideas on freedom and free movement, drawing inspiration from international role models in non-European, socialist countries too. They imagined that socialist sports could escape the militarization of sport in the US and find space for gender inclusion. Their interpretation of socialism showed up in both philosophy and pedagogy, on and off the mat. Using sports archives from the Party as well as broader newspaper research, I contend in this essay that the Panthers, representative of the larger Black Power movement, politicized sport as a necessary site to revolutionize the everyday person's life.

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体育革命的先锋:黑豹党，米奇和杰克·斯科特，以及体育解放运动

摘要：在20世纪70年代，黑豹党相信并提供了与社区具体化对话的体育节目。该党的做法与Jack和Micki Scott所说的“体育解放运动”一致。尽管在体育史上研究不足，但斯科特夫妇努力创造一场以1968年奥运会为动力的革命。他们以一种优先考虑职业运动员和普通人的需求和福祉的方式，而不是美国的爱国主义和资本主义消费，来撰写和教授体育，这引起了争议。受斯科特等左派同僚的影响，黑豹队传播了关于自由和自由流动的思想，也从非欧洲社会主义国家的国际榜样中汲取了灵感。他们设想社会主义体育可以摆脱美国体育的军事化，为性别包容找到空间。他们对社会主义的解释体现在哲学和教育学中，无论是在球场内外。我在这篇文章中利用党的体育档案以及更广泛的报纸研究，认为黑豹队作为更大的黑人力量运动的代表，将体育政治化，成为改变日常生活的必要场所。

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期刊介绍： American Quarterly represents innovative interdisciplinary scholarship that engages with key issues in American Studies. The journal publishes essays that examine American societies and cultures, past and present, in global and local contexts. This includes work that contributes to our understanding of the United States in its diversity, its relations with its hemispheric neighbors, and its impact on world politics and culture. Through the publication of reviews of books, exhibitions, and diverse media, the journal seeks to make available the broad range of emergent approaches to American Studies.