The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Real democracy is found on the links : African Americans and the origins of golf in the United States -- One hears of Negro country clubs : golfing the Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance -- Our masters : the development of the United Golfers Association -- I will take your own golf stick and wham the world : golf and the postwar civil rights movement -- Guns in their golf bags : Black Power on the links -- Thai people don't get hate mail : race and golf in the age of Tiger Woods.
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This groundbreaking history of African Americans and golf explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregation, the legal battle to integrate public golf courses, and the little-known history of the United Golfers Association (UGA) - a black golf tour that operated from 1925 to 1975.
OverDrive, Inc.
DAB4449F-4076-4438-BA0F-1518C0683606
Game of privilege.
9781469634227
African American golfers-- History.
African Americans-- Civil rights-- History.
Discrimination in sports-- United States-- History.