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Benching Jim Crow : the rise and fall of the color line in southern college sports, 1890-1980
- Author
- Martin, Charles H., 1945-
- Title
- Benching Jim Crow : the rise and fall of the color line in southern college sports, 1890-1980 / Charles H. Martin.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.
- Description
- xxiv, 374 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Uniform series
- Sport and society.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : the strange athletic career of Jim Crow
- White supremacy and American college sports : the rise of the Gentleman's Agreement, 1890-1929
- "Fair play" versus white supremacy : the Gentleman's Agreement under attack, 1929-45
- "Massive resistance" and the fall of the color line, 1945-65
- Cracks in the solid South : Texas Western Collage abandons Jim Crow
- Hold that (Mason-Dixon) line : the Atlantic coast conference and football
- "Two at home and three on the road" : the Atlantic coast conference and basketball
- The eyes of Texas are (not) upon you : the Southwest conference and football
- From exclusion to prominence : the Southeastern conference and basketball
- The "final citadel of segregation" : the Southeastern conference and football
- Conclusion : the accomplishments and limitations of athletic integration.
- Subject headings
- Discrimination in sports--Southern States--History. Racism in sports--Southern States.
- ISBN
- 9780252035517 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252035518 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252077500 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0252077504 (pbk. : alk. paper)