Tackling Jim Crow
Subtitle: Racial Segregation in Professional Football
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: March 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780786415977
Subjects: American football; Racism & racial discrimination; Sociology; Football - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science; Social aspects; USA; Football - Professional; Discrimination & Racism; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Discrimination in sports; United States; African American football players; Football; History
Description: "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."--Jacket.