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Behind the Pompoms: Cheerleading’s Checkered Past (Part 1)

Behind the Pompoms: Cheerleading’s Checkered Past (Part 1)

ELT flips through the history of cheerleading.

Every Little Thing

April 15, 201927m 24s

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Show Notes

How did one style of cheerleading come to dominate in so many American schools? In part one of a two-part episode, ELT flips through the history of cheerleading and meets the man who held cheerleading in the pompom of his hand. 

Guests: Cheerleading researcher and professor at the University of Alabama Natalie Adams; Barbara Hazlewood; Thanks to caller Jessica for the question. 

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