Can’t Eat A Medal: Black Women Athletes Under Jim Crow

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week we speak to Professor Amira Rose Davis about her research on one of the most hidden aspects of sports history, black women before Title IX. Also we’ve got some ‘Choice Words’ about the importance of Becky Hammon’s coaching candidacy with the Milwaukee Bucks. Then, we have a very timely Just ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Your Ass Down’ Awards for the NFL Players Association and a soccer club in Jerusalem. Finally, we have a hip-hop themed Kaepernick Watch! Amira Rose Davis Twitter: @mirarose88 https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-athletes-protest-and-politics-an-interview-with-amira-rose-davis/ Zirin, The Affirmative Case for Becky Hammon https://www.thenation.com/article/the-affirmative-case-for-becky-hammon/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Paid In Full - Eric B & Rakim | Nice For What - Drake | Diamonds & Wood - UGK | Brain - Jungle Brothers | It’s Me Bitches - Swizz Beatz | All I Know - Curren$y | Still Tippin' - Mike Jones Feat. Slim Thug & Paul Wall| I Apostle’s Warning - Mobb Deep I Salary Kaep - Wale I The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Wilma Rudolph for me is somebody who we remember a very particular way.
0:05.0	She steals our hearts in 1960 with her triple gold performance, and she's a winning smile,
0:10.1	and she's described as dainty with long legs.
0:12.6	But we don't really see that as her life continues over the decade, she's getting more and more militant.
0:18.9	And she is, you know, she ends up working in UCLA's newly formed AFAM department.
0:26.9	And she's really outspoken and hypercritical about her use as a propagandist, you know, in the Cold War, about pay quality for women, athletes, about a whole hoist of things.
0:43.6	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week we speak to Professor at Penn
0:53.1	State and co-host of the Burned All Down podcast,
0:56.5	Professor Davis, about Can't Eat a Medal, the lives and labors of black women athletes
1:02.5	in the age of Jim Crow.
1:04.1	That's her research, and I can't wait to chop it up with Professor Davis about this.
1:09.1	Also, I've got some choice words about the affirmative case for Becky Hammond to become
1:14.7	the first woman to be a professional head coach in the National Basketball Association.
1:21.0	I also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards this week.
1:25.3	Stand up to the NFLPA.
1:27.0	Sit your ass down to a certain soccer
1:29.4	club in Jerusalem, and I've got a very special Kaepernick watch with an assist from Waleigh.
1:35.9	But first, let's go to Professor Davis.
1:43.6	So, Professor Davis, thanks so much for joining us.
1:47.4	I wanted to jump right in and ask you about your primary research.
1:50.9	You're working on a book called Can't Eat a Medal, the lives and labors of black women
1:55.9	athletes in the age of Jim Crow.
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