Dates
- 1968 - 2020
Creator
- Edwards, Harry, 1942- (Person)
Extent
0.3 cubic feet.
4 mapcase folders.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dr. Harry Edwards is a scholar and activist. He organized the Olympic Project for Human Rights, whose most well-known demonstration was the Black Power salute by OHPR members and Olympic medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Additionally, Edwards created the study of the sociology of sport while completing his graduate work at Cornell University, where he completed his PhD in 1970. He went on to teach at the University of California, Berkeley and to advise multiple professional sports organizations. This collection contains documents, buttons, posters, and other memorabilia from his academic career and activism, dating from 1968 through 2020.
- African American athletes
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights.
- Cornell University -- Students.
- Domestic Violence
- Kaepernick, Colin, 1987-
- Obama, Barack.
- Olympic Games, 19th (1968) (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Olympic Project for Human Rights
- Olympics
- Political buttons
- Political posters.
- Posters
- Sociology of sport.
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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