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Moments of Impact is an excellent book that American cultural, sport, and public historians should be aware of. -Matt Follett, Sport in American History Well written and well researched, this important and readable book offers much to ponder. -S. K. Fields, CHOICE An important contribution to the field, and should be used by the rest of us as a model for socially engaged and theoretically sophisticated historical analysis. -Malcolm Maclean, Sport in History Moments of Impact provides important historical, sporting reflections on racialized memory, highlighting the cultural significance of collective remembrance and the harms caused by allowing people to forget. -Daniel Burdsey, Ethnic and Racial Studies This is an excellent book. -Stephen G. Wieting, Sport in Society Firmly grounded in history, richly contextualized, theoretically sophisticated, and cogently written. . . . [Moments of Impact] tightly illustrates the messy, contentious politics of memory and commemoration, the making and remaking of meaning. . . . Scholarly and smart without being stuffy and dry. -Daniel A. Nathan, president of the North American Society for Sport History and author of Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal Moments of Impact ties together quite nicely and with much finesse the connection among sport, racial politics, and cultural memory. . . . Schultz obviously understands that good history is about content and analysis and accuracy, but also about telling good stories involving interesting people and interesting events. . . . Moments of Impact will make a significant contribution to the scholarly literature. -David Wiggins, author of The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport

Firmly grounded in history, richly contextualized, theoretically sophisticated, and cogently written. . . . [Moments of Impact] tightly illustrates the messy, contentious politics of memory and commemoration, the making and remaking of meaning. . . . Scholarly and smart without being stuffy and dry. -Daniel A. Nathan, president of the North American Society for Sport History and author of Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal -- Daniel A. Nathan Moments of Impact ties together quite nicely and with much finesse the connection among sport, racial politics, and cultural memory. . . . Schultz obviously understands that good history is about content and analysis and accuracy, but also about telling good stories involving interesting people and interesting events. . . . Moments of Impact will make a significant contribution to the scholarly literature. -David Wiggins, author of The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport -- David Wiggins Moments of Impact provides important historical, sporting reflections on racialized memory, highlighting the cultural significance of collective remembrance and the harms caused by allowing people to forget. -Daniel Burdsey, Ethnic and Racial Studies -- Daniel Burdsey * Ethnic and Racial Studies * Well written and well researched, this important and readable book offers much to ponder. -S. K. Fields, CHOICE -- S. K. Fields * CHOICE * Moments of Impact is an excellent book that American cultural, sport, and public historians should be aware of. -Matt Follett, Sport in American History -- Matt Follett * Sport in American History *

Moments of Impact ties together quite nicely and with much finesse the connection among sport, racial politics, and cultural memory. . . . Schultz obviously understands that good history is about content and analysis and accuracy, but also about telling good stories involving interesting people and interesting events. . . . Moments of Impact will make a significant contribution to the scholarly literature. -David Wiggins, author of The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport -- David Wiggins Firmly grounded in history, richly contextualized, theoretically sophisticated, and cogently written. . . . [Moments of Impact] tightly illustrates the messy, contentious politics of memory and commemoration, the making and remaking of meaning. . . . Scholarly and smart without being stuffy and dry. -Daniel A. Nathan, president of the North American Society for Sport History and author of Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal -- Daniel A. Nathan This is an excellent book. -Stephen G. Wieting, Sport in Society -- Stephen G. Wieting * Sport in Society * Moments of Impact provides important historical, sporting reflections on racialized memory, highlighting the cultural significance of collective remembrance and the harms caused by allowing people to forget. -Daniel Burdsey, Ethnic and Racial Studies -- Daniel Burdsey * Ethnic and Racial Studies * An important contribution to the field, and should be used by the rest of us as a model for socially engaged and theoretically sophisticated historical analysis. -Malcolm Maclean, Sport in History -- Malcolm Maclean * Sport in History * Well written and well researched, this important and readable book offers much to ponder. -S. K. Fields, CHOICE -- S. K. Fields * CHOICE * Moments of Impact is an excellent book that American cultural, sport, and public historians should be aware of. -Matt Follett, Sport in American History -- Matt Follett * Sport in American History *

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Jaime Schultz is an associate professor of kinesiology in the History and Philosophy of Sport program at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s Sport.

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