Yu Sasaki is a lecturer at the Seitoku University in Japan. She received a Ph.D. in literature from University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interests include cultural studies, African American studies, and sports.

• List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Basketball in Black and White: The Harlem Globetrotters, Japan, and Cold War Politics – The Tigerbelles of Tennessee State University: Race, Gender, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games – The African American Race: Japan and the Black Power Salute – Cold War Icons of Black America from a Japanese Lens: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and Muhammad Ali – Epilogue– Bibliography.

Yu Sasaki is a lecturer at the Seitoku University in Japan. She received a Ph.D. in literature from University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interests include cultural studies, African American studies, and sports.

• List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Basketball in Black and White: The Harlem Globetrotters, Japan, and Cold War Politics – The Tigerbelles of Tennessee State University: Race, Gender, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games – The African American Race: Japan and the Black Power Salute – Cold War Icons of Black America from a Japanese Lens: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and Muhammad Ali – Epilogue– Bibliography.

Yu Sasaki is a lecturer at the Seitoku University in Japan. She received a Ph.D. in literature from University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interests include cultural studies, African American studies, and sports.

• List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Basketball in Black and White: The Harlem Globetrotters, Japan, and Cold War Politics – The Tigerbelles of Tennessee State University: Race, Gender, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games – The African American Race: Japan and the Black Power Salute – Cold War Icons of Black America from a Japanese Lens: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and Muhammad Ali – Epilogue– Bibliography.