Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980 Tapa blanda - 2010

University of Illinois Press, 2010. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New. Chronicling the uneven rise and slow decline of segregation in American college athletics, Charles H. Martin shows how southern colleges imposed their policies of racial exclusion on surprisingly compliant northern teams and explains the social forces that eventually forced these southern schools to accept integrated competition. Martin emphasizes not just the racism prevalent in football and basketball in the South, but the effects of this discrimination for colleges and universities all over the country. Southern teams such as the University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, and the University of North Carolina were obsessed with national recognition, but their Jim Crow policies prevented them for many years from playing against racially mixed teams from other parts of the country. Devoting special attention to the Southeastern Conference, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and teams in Texas, Martin explores the changing social attitudes and culture of competition that… Leer más

Univ of Illinois Pr, 2010. Paperback. New. 416 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Illinois Press, 2010-08-02. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!