| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
Sport, Identity, and Culture |
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Sport, identity, and culture.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality; Series page; The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality: Race, Sport, and the Black Press, 1948-1958; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; Teed Off; Notes; Chapter 2; Why Golf?; Colored Town; Notes; Chapter 3; From Printer to Publisher; H.E.S. Reeves: The Early Years; National Newspaper Publishers Association; Notes; Chapter 4; We Wish to Plead our Own Cause; Golf Coverage in the Black Press; Notes; Chapter 5; Word Warriors; News of Self-Reliance; Headline News; School Desegregation; Slum Clearance; Job Discrimination |
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Public AccommodationsNotes; Chapter 6; The Negro Golf Experience in the United States; Black Golf Pioneers; George Franklin Grant; Joseph M. Bartholomew; Dewey Brown; Impact of Public Golf Courses; Golf and the U.S. Military; UNITED GOLF ASSOCIATION; The Rise of Black Golf Associations; Black Golf Tournaments; Notes; Chapter 7; Chipping Away At Segregation; Notes; Chapter 8; From Putting Greens to Judicial Courts; Notes; Chapter 9; Sand Traps in the Sunshine; Segregation Upheld; Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court; A Supreme Draw; Notes; Chapter 10 |
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"We Do Not Want to be Equal-We Want to be the Same"New Case Old Problems; Judge Emett Choate: A Saving Grace; Resistance and Retaliation; Conquests and Casualties; Notes; Chapter 11; Fairer Greens; Notes; Appendix A; Timeline; Appendix B; Testimonial Dinner, May 13, 1949; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
This book explores the civil rights activism of the Miami Times between 1948 and 1958 by highlighting its effort to help abolish the "Monday-only" policy that restricted black golfers to a single day of access to the Miami Springs Municipal Golf Course |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Miami Springs Municipal Golf Course -- Press coverage -- Florida -- Miami -- History
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African American newspapers -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century
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African American golfers -- Press coverage -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century
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African American newspapers.
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Press coverage.
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Florida -- Miami.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498576642 |
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1498576648 |
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