Clark Article: Wrath and Rapture in the Cult of Athletics
- Title
- Clark Article: Wrath and Rapture in the Cult of Athletics
- LC Subject
- Athletics Civil rights movements Black power Olympics Universities and colleges--Administration San Jose State College Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico) Carlos, John, 1945- Smith, Tommie, 1944- Edwards, Harry, 1942- University of Oregon. Office of the President
- Local Collection ID
- Coll. 285;
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Creator
- Clark, Robert D. (Robert Donald), 1910-2005
- Description
- 16 p. A typed copy of Robert D. Clark's article, written during his tenure as president of San Jose State College, on the nature of athletics, their relation to passions and politics, racial discrimination, and a controversial symbolic action on the awards stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by two winning runners, black students from San Jose State. Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
- Location
- Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States San Jose >> Santa Clara County >> California >> United States Mexico City >> Cuauhtémoc Borough >> Mexico City >> Mexico >> North America
- Date
- 1964/1974
- Identifier
- Clark_Article_Wrath_and_Rapture
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Language
- English
- Local Collection Name
- Robert D. Clark Papers
- Box Number
- 22
- Folder Name
- Black Athletics, 1969, 1988
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- UO Office of the President
- Primary Set
- UO Office of the President
- Has Version
- Print version available;
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Number Of Pages
- 16
