Discussing the intersectionality between sports and race, Dr. Damion Thomas demonstrates that sports matter beyond the playing field. It acts as an entry point into larger political, social, and cultural conversations.
Dr. Damion Thomas is the Museum Curator of Sports for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He earned a Ph.D. in United States History at UCLA. Prior to joining the museum, he was an assistant professor at the University of Maryland-College Park and the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, where he taught courses that focused on sports in United States history, sports and U.S. race relations, and sports and black masculinity. He is the author of Globetrotting: African American Athletes and Cold War Politics.
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