Tag: Derek Jeter

  • Born Champions [Full Episode] Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2014-09-30 Henry Louis Gates Jr., Host and Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research Harvard University Three of America’s greatest athletes, whose determination and love of sports were deeply shaped by their families, were…

  • Derek Jeter embodies MLK’s dream ESPN New York 2012-01-16 Wallace Matthews Biracial Yankees captain a symbol of the America Martin Luther King once envisioned When the average person thinks of Derek Jeter, he or she is likely to think of the 3,000 hits, or the five World Series rings, or the highlight reel full of…

  • Mixed-Race Celebrities on Race, in their Own Words Time Magazine: Healthland 2011-02-15 Meredith Melnick, Reporter and Producer Who Are You? If biracial and multiracial celebrities have anything in common, it is that they are often asked to explain themselves. That may sound familiar to any person of mixed ancestry for whom questions like “What are…

  • Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing Deparment of English, University of Maryland Fall 2009 Lavisha McClarin University of Maryland In America mixed race individuals are becoming more prominent in the media, politics and sports throughout the country. Some of the most popular mixed race…

  • Driven: Branding Derek Jeter, Redefining Race NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture Volume 17, Number 2, Spring 2009 pages  70-79 E-ISSN: 1534-1844 Print ISSN: 1188-9330 DOI: 10.1353/nin.0.0041 Roberta Newman Promoting the opening of the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibit, “The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957,” curator Ann Meyerson noted…