Tackling Jim Crow

Racial Segregation in Professional Football

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Many are familiar with Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball after all the years of separate black and white leagues, but fewer people know of the segregation and then integration of the National Football League. The timing and sequence of events were different, but football followed a pattern similar to that of baseball in regard to the beginning and end of racial segregation.This work traces professional football's movement from segregation to integration, beginning with a discussion of the various reasons why the game was first segregated. It describes the schemes that NFL owners came up with to ban African Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and tells how these barriers broke down after World War II. The author considers how professional football overcame the legacies of Jim Crow and how Jim Crow laws may still haunt the game.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-04-09
Mått152 x 229 x 9 mm
Vikt245 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor180
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786415977

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Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Early Days of Integration 2. Early African Americans in Football 3. The Emerging Pro Game 4. Ohio Football 5. New League, New Opportunities 6. The Curtain Falls 7. The Segregation Years 8. Trials of the War Years 9. The Early Saga of Marion Motley 10. The Walls Come Tumbling Down 11. The Life and Death of Big Daddy and the Decline of Marion Motley 12. George Marshall’s Last Stand 13. Back Down in the City of New Orleans 14. Point After Notes Bibliography Index