The Promise and Limits of Leveraging Black Athlete Power Potential to Compel Campus Change

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  • Harry Edwards Dept. of Sociology U of California, Berkeley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2016.1.1.4-13

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Author Biography

Harry Edwards, Dept. of Sociology U of California, Berkeley

Professor Emeritus 

Dept. of Sociology 

U of California, Berkeley 

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2016-12-13

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Edwards, H. (2016). The Promise and Limits of Leveraging Black Athlete Power Potential to Compel Campus Change. Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation, 1(1), 4–13. https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2016.1.1.4-13

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