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To live and play in Dixie : pro football's entry into the Jim Crow South / Robert D. Jacobus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobus, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Football League--History--20th century.
- National Football League.
- American Football League--History.
- American Football League.
- Football--Social aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Football.
- African American football players--History--20th century.
- African American football players.
- African Americans--Segregation--Southern States--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Race discrimination--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Race discrimination.
- History.
- African Americans--Segregation.
- Football--Social aspects.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Prometheus, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Slow progress and the face of change : the post-World War II integration of pro football
- No recourse : the NFL's blackballing of "troublemaker" players
- Pioneers of integration : the rise and fall of the 1952 Dallas Texans
- Headed down South : segregation during exhibition games
- Rooting for the home team : the Cowboys and Texans come to Dallas
- At home in East Texas : the Oilers take the field in Houston
- The good, the bad, and the ugly : team management and the fight for equality
- Fighting back : pro players, celebrities, and entertainers make a stand for civil rights
- Big trouble in the Big Easy : the boycott of the 1964 AFL All-Star Game
- The road to the Cleveland summit : southern expansion and the final exhibition games in Dixie.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jacobus, Robert. To live and play in Dixie
- ISBN:
- 1633886832
- 9781633886834
- Publisher Number:
- 40030841812
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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