The Power of Sport: Athletics, Race, and America

By Kaye McIntyre

Published March 19, 2017 at 5:00 AM CDT

Photo by Ann Dean, courtesy of KU School of Business

March 19, 2017: Dr. Harry Edwards talks about sports, race, gender, and politics, and why it is impossible to separate the three. Dr. Edwards, a leading authority on diversity and sports, was the keynote speaker at this year's "Power of Sport" symposium at the University of Kansas, sponsored by the KU School of Business, Kansas Athletics, and the Langston Hughes Center.

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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