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Game of Privilege - An African American History of Golf (Paperback)
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Game of Privilege - An African American History of Golf (Paperback)
Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
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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. Lane
Demas charts how African Americans nationwide organized social
campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate
courses; he also provides dramatic stories of golfers who boldly
confronted wider segregation more broadly in their local
communities. As national civil rights organizations debated golf's
symbolism and whether or not to pursue the game's integration,
black players and caddies took matters into their own hands and
helped shape its subculture, while UGA participants forged one of
the most durable black sporting organizations in American history
as they fought to join the white Professional Golfers' Association
(PGA). From George F. Grant's invention of the golf tee in 1899 to
the dominance of superstar Tiger Woods in the 1990s, this
revelatory and comprehensive work challenges stereotypes and indeed
the fundamental story of race and golf in American culture.
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