Race, Gender, and Culture

This course will explore baseball through the lenses of race, gender, and culture. For good and for ill, baseball has been at the forefront of how the United States has dealt with these issues. Does baseball leading the way with desegregation negate that the sport was at the forefront of segregation with its Gentlemen’s Agreements? What is the historical legacy of baseball providing opportunities for women during wartime, in a way that other North American professional sports leagues did not? These are some of the ideas that this course will explore as it shows baseball’s virtues and flaws.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Understand how baseball illuminates the history of race relations.

  • Analyse the challenges faced by women in sports and America.

  • Illuminate how baseball reflects on American culture.

Chapter One : Baseball Comes of Age

1
Emergence
30:00 min
2
Toward Segregation
10:00 min
3
Women Join the Pastime
10:00 min
4
Baseball as America's National Pastime
3 questions
5
End of Module
3 questions

Chapter Two : Baseball Culture

1
The Progressive Era
10:00 min
2
Women on the Rise
08:00 min
3
Historical Transformation
09:00 min
4
Two-ness
10:00 min
5
End of Module
1 question

Chapter Three : Only the Ball was White

1
Ending Jim Crow Baseball
05:00 min
2
Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
08:00 min
3
End of Module
6 questions

Chapter Four : Post War

1
A League of Their Own
02:00 min
2
Society and Conformism
10:00 min
3
End of Module
4 questions

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Enrolled: 2 students
Duration: 1 month
Lectures: 11
Video: 05:00 min
Level: Beginner

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Monday 9:30 am - 6.00 pm
Tuesday 9:30 am - 6.00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am - 6.00 pm
Thursday 9:30 am - 6.00 pm
Friday 9:30 am - 5.00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed