Appendix - Matrix - Michigan State University

Appendix
Brief
Selected
Documentaries
The following appendices are included in order to present
in a more detailed fashion some of the issues,
tactics, and goals characteristic of this initial phase of
the revolt of the black athlete in America. There are
some who may feel that the goals sought by the present
generation of black athletes are far too insignificant and
petty and the prices paid by so many athletes are far
too harsh to justify some of the tactics used. But one
should never underestimate the awesome motivating
factors inherent in any man's desires for human dignity
and freedom. For those involved, the costs are never too
high and the rewards are never too petty. This is a new
generation of black athletes. Their sacrifices in their
own behalf and in behalf of their people and the gains
already made are noble and grand indeed when con-
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trasted with the shuffiing, accommodating past generations
of Negro athletes. Because of activities such as
those documented in the following pages, the decade of
the 1960's-and the years beyond-will be remembered
as that period of time wherein the black athlete
shed his cocoon of trophies, medals, newspaper clippings,
and photographs and became a major frontline
combatant in the war for justice, freedom, and human
dignity. And no more honorable station has ever been
achieved by any man, regardless of his calling.
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