The University of Virginia Library
is pleased to present
the eighteenth Tracy W. and Katherine W. McGregor
Distinguished Lecture in American History


THE STADIUM IN AMERICAN LIFE

with Frank Guridy
Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professor of African American
and African Diaspora Studies,
Columbia University

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Stadiums are commonly viewed as sports and entertainment venues where fans behold breathtaking performances by athletes and concert performers. In this talk, Frank Guridy will show how stadiums have played a much larger role in American history. They are unique gathering places where elites and governments project their power and where the marginalized and dispossessed express their desires and discontents. Stadiums have been barometers of the state of democracy and the fate of the nation since they first emerged as makeshift wooden structures in the late 19th century.