Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War -- 2. "Spreading the Gospel of Basketball": The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the -- 3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War-Era Athletic Foreign Policy -- 4. "The Good Negroes": Propaganda and the Racial Crisis -- 5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.