John C. Walter

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  www.chicagoredstreak.com/sports/mid-sports-rs-spmain-sp - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/19/2003    Last Visited: 12/20/2003  

  "Sports Illustrated about four or five years ago pointed out that in certain parts of the north, several high schools, even when the majority of the students were white, parents would tell their sons don't even bother to try for basketball [because] you're not going to make it," said John Walter, professor of American Ethnic Studies and history at the University of Washington.
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  "Black people identify with [former heavyweight champion] Jack Johnson and then later on with Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and all those who came after," said Walter.

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  www.americansc.org.uk/Online/Forum/muhammad_ali.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2000    Last Visited: 3/12/2007  

  Dr. John C. WalterDepartment of American Ethnic StudiesUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA. 98195
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  In this article, John C. Walter explains why.

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  www.americansc.org.uk/Online/Ali.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/16/2008    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  John Walter and Malinda Iida esplore his influence through the voices of a wide range of commentators,and conclude that he positively influenced individuals and communities around the world, more than any other person in recent history.
  
  Posted 16-Oct-2007
  
  By Dr. John C. Walter, Professor, The University of Washington, Seattle, and Malina Iida
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  Seen now in many quarters as John the Baptist, a voice crying in the wilderness against the Vietnam War, racist oppression of Black people, and the persecution of young white individuals, people watched the progress of his case for refusing to be drafted as it wound its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.On June 20, 1971, the Court reversed Ali's conviction, and he was now, once again, a free man.
  
  Ali's transformation from an athletic idol to a true representative of the struggle for freedom, and a messenger for integrity, began in his years of banishment from boxing.He became in these years a symbol for unfettered freedom of speech, a champion of conscience, and in the end, an icon of joy in the struggle for liberty.
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  This quote is in Thomas Hauser's book, but Ashe said the same thing to me when I interviewed him for my (John C. Walter) forthcoming book, Breaking the Color Line: The Black Athlete Remembers.

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  ASUW BSC: Black Faculty & Staff Directory - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/15/2008    Last Visited: 8/15/2008  

  John C. Walter
  
  Professor, American Ethnic Studies jcwalter@u.washington.edu

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  American Studies Today On-line - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/2/2006    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  Muhammad Ali: Exemplar to the World by John Walter and Malinda Iida.
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  John Walter and Malinda Iida esplore his influence through the voices of a wide range of commentators,and conclude that he positively influenced individuals and communities around the world, more than any other person in recent history.
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  In this article, John C. Walter, Ph.D.
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  Muhammad Ali: Exemplar to the World by John Walter and Malinda Iida.
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  John Walter and Malinda Iida esplore his influence through the voices of a wide range of commentators,and conclude that he positively influenced individuals and communities around the world, more than any other person in recent history.
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  In this article, John C. Walter, Ph.D.

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  Black Athletes in 20th Century United States - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/8/1995    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  In this article, John C. Walter, Ph.D.Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Director of the Blacks in Sports Project at the University of Washington in Seattle explains why.
  
  The Changing Status of the Black Athlete in the 20th Century United States
  
  by John C. Walter
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  9 John C. Walter, interview, Chicago, September 8, 1995.

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  Calendar of the University of Essex - Senate Committees - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/9/2007    Last Visited: 1/9/2007  

  Department of History: Professor John Walter

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  ESSEX CONGRESS - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/29/2008    Last Visited: 4/1/2008  

  Monday 21st April 2008 A Parson's Lot , war and peace in civil war Radwinter is the title of a talk to be given by John Walter, Professor, Dept of History, University of Essex, in Radwinter Church.

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  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Commentary on "Taboo" by... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/7/2000    Last Visited: 12/23/2007  

  "Taboo is both provocative and informed," writes University of Washington ethnic studies professor John Walter.

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  Ghana National Council: Muhammad Ali Says He's 'the... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2006    Last Visited: 8/18/2008  

  But John Walter, an adjunct professor of ethnic studies at the University of Washington, calls Ali the quintessential American -- generous and caring; provocative; courageous physically and in his convictions; and boastful, but backing up his crowing with incredible deeds.
  
  Professor Walter says Ali's influence has reached the world's humblest hamlets."Down in Australia, among the aborigines," he notes, "these people saw him.

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