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Harry T. Edwards

Harry T. Edwards received a B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1962 and a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan law School in 1965. He graduated from law school with distinction and was a member of the Michigan Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Carter in 1980. He served as Chief Judge from September 15, 1994 until July 16, 2001, and he took Senior status on November 3, 2005.

Before joining the bench, Judge Edwards was an associate at Seyfarth, Shaw Fairweather & Geraldson (1965-1970) in Chicago; an Associate Professor of Law (1970-1973) and Professor of Law (with tenure) (1973-1975, 1977-1980) at the University of Michigan Law School; a Visiting Professor of Law (1974) at the Free University of Brussels; a Visiting Professor of Law (1975-1976) and Professor of Law (with tenure) (1976-1977) at Harvard Law School; and a member of the faculty at the Institute of Educational Management (1976-1982) at Harvard University.

In 1977, Edwards was nomin

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Harry Edwards is an Emeritus Professor at the University of California at Berkeley best known for co-engineering the “Revolt of the Black Athlete” in the late 1960’s. Edwards, born in East St. Louis, Illinois in 1942, attended Fresno City College from 1959 to 1960 as a four-sport student athlete. He transferred to San Jose State University in 1960 on an athletic scholarship in track and field. While he had success on the track field, Edwards and other black student-athletes confronted housing and employment discrimination and a segregated campus social life. Moreover, the university funneled black student-athletes into a physical education curriculum to keep them eligible to compete in intercollegiate sports. Few graduated during the years of their athletic eligibility. Determined to earn a social work degree, Edwards began challenging the system. In 1964, he became the first black student-athlete since the early 1950’s to graduate from San Jose State.

Edward then began graduate work in sociology at Cornell University, where he was one of the first students to study black s

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Harry Edwards (sociologist)

American sociologist and civil rights activist

Harry Thomas Edwards (born November 22, 1942) is an American sociologist and civil rights activist. After working as an assistant professor of sociology at San Jose State College, he completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Edwards' career has focused on the experiences of African-American athletes.

Career

Edwards' career has focused on the experiences of African-American athletes and he is a strong advocate of black participation in the management of professional sports. He has served as a staff consultant to the San Francisco 49ers football team and to the Golden State Warriors basketball team. He has also been involved in recruiting black talent for front-office positions in Major League Baseball.

Author of The Revolt of the Black Athlete, Edwards was the architect of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, which led to the Black Power Salute protest by two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and Joh