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African American golfers during the Jim Crow era

Title: African American golfers during the Jim Crow era / Marvin P. Dawkins and Graham C. Kinloch.
Author: Dawkins, Marvin P.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

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Kinloch, Graham C. (Graham Charles), 1943-

Description

xv, 182 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

Discrimination in sports > United States > History
Golf > Social aspects > United States > History
African American golfers > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.

Contents

1. Sports and Discrimination -- 2. From Caddie to Professional: The Making of a Black Golf Pro -- 3. Golf and the Black Elite -- 4. The Organization of Black Golf: The United Golfers Association -- 5. Joe Louis: Black Golf Ambassador -- 6. Jim Crow Era Golfers in the Black Press -- 7. Jim Crow Era Golfers Speak in Their Own Words -- 8. The Push to Desegregate Public Golf Courses -- 9. Barrier Breakers and White Resistance -- 10. Black Golf and White Racism.

ISBN

0275959406 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99034486

OCLC

ocm41445831

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries