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Place On Hold

Before the eyes of the world : Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games / Kevin B. Witherspoon.

Author: Witherspoon, Kevin B.

Publisher: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2008.

ISBN: 9780875803883 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0875803881 (clothbound : alk. paper)

Description: xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico).
Olympics Social aspects.
Olympics Political aspects.

Contents: How the Olympics came to Mexico -- Image preserved : early controversies and the cultural Olympics -- Image tarnished : the revolt of the Black athlete -- Image shattered : Tlatelolco -- The world watches : October '68 -- Settling the score.

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HWLC 6th Floor Adult GV722 1968.W58 2008 Hardcover Date Due 03/06/2012