Segregation Games

“Much remains unwritten about the Boston Red Sox and busing. Few are willing to confront the controversies from the late 1960s and 1970s to now. David Faflik courageously addresses that period. As a college professor, he wrote his book with the hope that society learns from its past to build a better future—a lesson we should all learn.“—Bay State Banner

“Fascinating… . Faflik’s book is a ground-breaking, illuminating examination of the intertwining of sport and society in Boston during the 1970s.“—Charlie Bevis, Bevis Baseball Research

“Faflik wisely uses the Bay State Banner—the city’s long-running African American newspaper—to understand how Black Bostonians viewed the Red Sox and their relationship to Red Sox Nation in a way that hasn’t been done before. A significant contribution.“—Zebulon Miletsky, author of Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle

David Faflik is professor of English at the University of Rhode Island. His books include That Futebol Feeling: Sport and Play in Brazil’s Heartland and Transcendental Heresies: Harvard and the Modern American Practice of Unbelief.