Billy Joe Hawkins

Critical Race Theory: Black Athletic Sporting Experiences in the United States

This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Intercollegiate athletics remains a contested terrain where race and racism are critical issues often absent in the public discourse. Recently, the economic motives of intercollegiate athletic programs and academic indisc...

Sport, Race, Activism, and Social Change: The Impact of Dr. Harry Edwards' Scholarship and Service

This book chronicles the mammoth contributions of Dr. Harry Edwards as a social activist, scholar, and public servant over the span of three decades. Empowered by the Civil Rights Movement and the constructs of Black Power, Dr. Harry Edwards emerged as a general in the fight for social justice, equa...

The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions by Hawkins, Billy Published by Palgrave Macmillan Reprint edition (2013) Paperback

The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions

The New Plantation examines the controversial relationship between predominantly White NCAA Division I Institutions (PWI s) and black athletes, utilizing an internal colonial model. It provides a much-needed in-depth analysis to fully comprehend the magnitude of the forces at work that impact black ...

The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Past, Present, and Persistence

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are valuable institutions that provide intellectual domains for racial uplift, racial refuge, and cultural empowerment within a continually polarized nation. Today’s current racial climate reminds us of the historical context that gave birth to HB...

Educating all students: A pathway to success

The inspirational tale of how a young man misplaced in the special education system went on to become a successful teacher, university administrator, educational consultant, and motivational speaker.

The new plantation: The internal colonization of black student-athletes