Pioneering Sports Sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards Says The Country Is At An Inflection Point

CBS Bay Area

February 4, 2025

Dr. Harry Edwards may be best known as the architect of the 1968 Olympics protest, but that was only the beginning of a very long and courageous career in the field of study that he pioneered: the sociology of sport.

"Today the biggest problem that America has is that we're afraid of each other. The biggest problem we have is that we're afraid of change," explained Edwards.

A sociologist and civil rights icon, in a recent interview, Dr. Edwards told CBS News Bay Area that America has reached an inflection point.

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