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To live and play in Dixie
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- Book Synopsis
- While the story of the reintegration of professional football in 1946 after World War II is a topic that has been covered, there is a little-known aspect of this integration that has not been fully explored. After World War II and up until the mid- to late 1960s, professional football teams scheduled numerous preseason games in the South. Once African American players started dotting the rosters of these teams, they had to face Jim Crow conditions. Early on, black players were barred from playing in some cities. Most encountered segregated accommodations when they stayed in the South. And when African Americans in these southern cities came to see their favorite black players perform, they were relegated to segregated seating conditions. To add to the challenges these African American players and fans endured, professional football gradually started placing franchises in still-segregated cities as early as 1937, culminating with the new AFL placing franchises in Dallas and Houston in 1960. That same y
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781633886827
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books, (08 December 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 230
- Weight
- 526 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 28 mm
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