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More Than A Game: Activist Athletes Who Took A Stand

On Display August 1 - September 3

Dayton Metro Library
Main Library, opens a new window, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

African American athletes have always been voices for change. This eight panel pop-up exhibit explores the history of Black Athlete Activism, on and off the court, and in a variety of different sports. Using archival photographs from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center’s, opens a new window collection, these athletes are awarded for their tireless efforts as they rewrote the rules of sports and American society as a whole. More Than A Game was completed in collaboration with a Public History graduate student at Wright State University.

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