This Chicago White Sox team was involved in the "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, and although exonerated, eight players were banned from playing baseball. American Decades Primary Sources, edited by Cynthia Rose, vol. 3: 1920-1929.
"Baseball: Advancements and Legends" from American Decades Vol. 3 (1920-1929) via U.S. History in Context
"Olympic Games of 1936" from the Encyclopedia of Race & Racism via U.S. History in Context
"Glenna Collett Vare" from the Encyclopedia of World Biography Online via U.S. History in Context
"Baseball: The Negro Leagues" from American Decades Vol. 3 (1920-1929) via U.S. History in Context
"The Athlete as Cultural Icon" by Daniel A. Nathan for The Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History via U.S. History in Context
"At the Nexus of Labor and Leisure: Baseball, Nativism, and the 1919 Black Sox Scandal" by Robin F. Bachin for The Journey of Social History via U.S. History in Context
Jesse Owens on the Victor’s Podium. Owens’s tremendous performance at the 1936 Olympics greatly contradicted the
Nazi doctrine of Aryan supremacy. AP IMAGES.
