Benching Jim Crow

The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980

Charles Martin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2010
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-07750-0 (ISBN)

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Chronicling the uneven rise and slow decline of segregation in American college athletics, Charles H. Martin shows how southern colleges imposed their policies of racial exclusion on surprisingly compliant northern teams and explains the social forces that eventually forced these southern schools to accept integrated competition. Martin emphasizes not just the racism prevalent in football and basketball in the South, but the effects of this discrimination for colleges and universities all over the country. Southern teams such as the University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, and the University of North Carolina were obsessed with national recognition, but their Jim Crow policies prevented them for many years from playing against racially mixed teams from other parts of the country. Devoting special attention to the Southeastern Conference, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and teams in Texas, Martin explores the changing social attitudes and culture of competition that turned the tide and allowed for the recruitment of black players and hiring of black coaches. He takes a close look at the case of Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso), the first major white university in an ex-Confederate state to recruit African American athletes extensively. Martin skillfully weaves existing arguments and documentation on the integration of college sports with wide-ranging, original research, including previously unpublished papers and correspondence of college administrators and athletic directors uncovered in university archives.

Charles H. Martin is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso and the author of The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice.

Acknowledgments   ix
Introduction: The Strange Athletic Career of Jim Crow   xiii

1. White Supremacy and American College Sports: The Rise of the Gentleman's Agreement, 1890-1929   1
2. "Fair Play" versus White Supremacy: The Gentleman's Agreement under Attack, 1929-45   27
3. "Massive Resistance" and the Fall of the Color Line, 1945-65   55
4. Cracks in the Solid South: Texas Western College Abandons Jim Crow   90
5. Hold That (Mason-Dixon) Line: The Atlantic Coast Conference and Football   120
6. "Two at Home and Three on the Road": The Atlantic Coast Conference and Basketball   150
7. The Eyes of Texas Are (Not) upon You: The Southwest Conference and Football   180
8. From Exclusion to Prominence: The Southeastern Conference and Basketball   215
9. The "Final Citadel of Segregation": The Southeastern Conference and Football   255
Conclusion: The Accomplishments and Limitations of Athletic Integration   293

Notes   305
Sources   355
Index   359
Illustrations follow page 54

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.8.2010
Reihe/Serie	Sport and Society
Zusatzinfo	24 black & white photographs, 1 table
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-252-07750-4 / 0252077504
ISBN-13	978-0-252-07750-0 / 9780252077500
Zustand	Neuware