Jules Boykoff is the author of five books on the Olympics, including, NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond and Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics. Alex C. Davis is a writer, editor, and art director who has collaborated with media personalities, novelists, visual artists, songwriters, pastors, professors, and entrepreneurs. Amira Rose Davis is an assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas in Austin and cohost of the Feminist Sports Podcast, Burn it All Down. Martin French is an illustrator, designer, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. He is the Department Chair of Illustration and a professor of illustration at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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Introduction Reveal: Barrier-Breakers Jim Thorpe Jackie Robinson Althea Gibson Earlene Brown Wilma Rudolph Resist: Protesters Paul Robeson Eroseanna "Rose" Robinson Muhammad Ali Billie Jean King Tommie Smith John Carlos Wyomia Tyus Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Gwen Berry Reframe: Advocates Bill Russell Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Arthur Ashe Notah Begay III Serena Williams LeBron James Megan Rapinoe Reimagine: Torchbearers Maya Moore Chris Mosier Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir Ibtihaj Muhammad Colin Kaepernick Naomi Osaka Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone (nee Daniel)