Play, Protest, and Politics in American Stadiums

Atelier Episode with Frank Guridy
Photo by Vienna Reyes on Unsplash.

Columbia Professor Frank Guridy‘s latest book, The Stadium, traces the history of the American stadium as a battleground for social justice since its inception. In this episode, he discusses his origins as a sports fan growing up in the Bronx and the experience of combing through vast digital archives to assemble a narrative filled with anti-fascist rallies, Black Power demonstrations, feminist protests, and more.

Atelier is produced by the Columbia Global Paris Center, a Columbia University initiative housed at Reid Hall.

Frank Guridy

Frank Andre Guridy is the Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies. He is also Professor of History and the Executive Director of the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia. He is an award-winning historian whose recent research has focused on sport history, urban history, and the history of American social movements.

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