Body and soul: part 1, body

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1968

Creator: BFA

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: An examination of the Black athlete and his contributions and exclusion from the sports world. Describes the breakthroughs of Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jack Johnson and others. Black sports activists raise the possibility of a Black boycott of professional sports and demonstrations of protest at the Olympic games.

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