Tackling Jim Crow

racial segregation in professional football

Examines the history of racial segregation and integration in professional football, looking at how NFL owners tried to ban African-Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and the discussing the breakdown of racial barriers and the legacy of Jim Crow laws.

McFarland & Co
2003
9780786415977
book

Holdings

hidmidmiidnidwidlocation_codelocationbarcodecallnumdeweycreatedupdated
168540852999012246432074601285WCHS50891027960796.332 LEV796.3315825759371709307855