Penn Presents Panel Discussion on Race and the Business of Sports on Opening Day of Penn Relays
WHO:
John Carlos, 1968 Olympic bronze medalist
Keven Davis, attorney for Venus and Serena Williams and others
Michael Eric Dyson, author and professor of humanities and African-American studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Tina Sloan Green, first African-American head coach of intercollegiate women's lacrosse, professor of education at Temple University
Larry Platt, author of "Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson" and "New Jack Jocks: Rebels, Race, and the American Athlete" and editor of Philadelphia Magazine
Kellen Winslow, NFL Hall of Famer, sports commentator and father of University of Miami All-American tight end Kellen Winslow Jr.
Moderator: Kenneth Shropshire, professor of legal studies at Penn's Wharton School and author of "In Black and White: Race and Sports in America"
WHO:
"Race and the Business of Sports: Athlete Political Activism 35 Years After the Mexico City Protest"
WHEN
Thursday, April 24, 2003, 5pm
WHERE:
Huntsman Hall Auditorium, 38th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
As future Olympic stars compete on opening day of the Penn Relays April 24, former Olympian John Carlos will speak across campus at Penn's Wharton School. He and others will address "Race and the Business of Sports: Athlete Political Activism 35 Years After the Mexico City Protest." At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Carlos made history when he and a teammate raised their fists while on the victory stand to protest racism and the economic exploitation of oppressed people.
Presented by the Center for Africana Studies and co-sponsored by the legal studies department of Wharton, the program is free and open to the public.
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