A&S All Stars - Professor Ricky Jones

Join us before the Louisville vs. UK game for the A&S All Stars Series featuring Pan-African Studies Professor Ricky Jones whoe will present “Game Theory: The Politics of Race and Sport."  Jones’ “Game Theory” is rooted in the belief that black athletes ranging from Jack Johnson and Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Cookie Gilchrist have transformed their sports, and in doing so, have impacted American society in unique in ways that perhaps only sports can. Jones will tie the exploits of athletes like, to name a few, Frederick Douglass “Fritz” Pollard, Althea Gibson, Bill Russell, Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena Williams, and UofL’s own Lawrence Simmons and Wade Houston to the ways in which black agency and humanity are perceived. Jones will ask the audience to reflect on how and why race and sport impact society so profoundly. Admitted “sports nut” Jones is chair of Pan-African Studies and founding director of the Center on Race and Inequality at UofL. The Atlanta native did undergraduate work at the U.S. Naval Academy and has a B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse College. He earned his PhD in Political Philosophy and Comparative Politics from the University of Kentucky. He is the author of books, scholarly articles, book chapters, and opinion columns on subjects ranging from politics to love. 

Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 10:00am

Gheens Science Hall Rauch Planetarium
106 W. Brandeis Avenue , Louisville, Kentucky 40292

Event Type

Alumni, Academic

Audience

Students, Faculty/staff, Alumni, Public

Departments

Arts & Sciences, Pan-African Studies

Website

http://louisville.edu/artsandsciences...

Cost

$10/lecture for the general public; $8/lecture for alumni, faculty, and staff; Free for students

Contact Name

Lindsey Ronay

Contact Phone Number

(502) 852-6490

Contact Email

asadvance@louisville.edu

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