Tackling Jim Crow : racial segregation in professional football /

Tackling Jim Crow : racial segregation in professional football /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levy, Alan Howard.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:
National Football League > History.
African American football players > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Football > Social aspects > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The early days of integration
  • Early African Americans in football
  • The emerging pro game
  • Ohio football
  • New league, new opportunities
  • The curtain falls
  • The segregation years
  • Trials of the war years
  • The early saga of Marion Motley
  • The walls come tumbling down
  • The life and death of Big Daddy and the decline of Marion Motley
  • George Marshall's last stand
  • Back down in the city of New Orleans
  • Point after.

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