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- catalog abstract ""This work traces professional football's movement from segregation to integration, beginning with a discussion of the various reasons why the game was first segregated. It describes the schemes that NFL owners came up with to ban African Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and tells how these barriers broke down after World War II. The author considers how professional football overcame the legacies of Jim Crow and how Jim Crow laws may still haunt the game."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12823807.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""This work traces professional football's movement from segregation to integration, beginning with a discussion of the various reasons why the game was first segregated. It describes the schemes that NFL owners came up with to ban African Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and tells how these barriers broke down after World War II. The author considers how professional football overcame the legacies of Jim Crow and how Jim Crow laws may still haunt the game."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index.".
- catalog description "The early days of integration -- Early African Americans in football -- The emerging pro game -- Ohio football -- New league, new opportunities -- The curtain falls -- The segregation years -- Trials of the war years -- The early saga of Marion Motley -- The walls come tumbling down -- The life and death of Big Daddy and the decline of Marion Motley -- George Marshall's last stand -- Back down in the city of New Orleans -- Point after.".
- catalog extent "vii, 172 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tackling Jim Crow.".
- catalog identifier "0786415975 (softcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tackling Jim Crow.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co,".
- catalog relation "Tackling Jim Crow.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "796.332/0896/073 21".
- catalog subject "African American football players History.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination in sports United States History.".
- catalog subject "Football Social aspects United States History.".
- catalog subject "GV943.9.S64 L48 2003".
- catalog subject "National Football League History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The early days of integration -- Early African Americans in football -- The emerging pro game -- Ohio football -- New league, new opportunities -- The curtain falls -- The segregation years -- Trials of the war years -- The early saga of Marion Motley -- The walls come tumbling down -- The life and death of Big Daddy and the decline of Marion Motley -- George Marshall's last stand -- Back down in the city of New Orleans -- Point after.".
- catalog title "Tackling Jim Crow : racial segregation in professional football / by Alan H. Levy.".
- catalog type "text".