Fair Ways: How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights In Beaumont, Texas (The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a&M University, No. 103) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert J. Robertson
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 2.9 x 1
ISBN: 1585444421
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.7641450873
EAN: 9781585444427
ASIN: 1585444421
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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Excellent Regional History of desegregation in the South January 10, 2006
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Robertson provides a compelling look at desegregation in Southeast Texas and its implication on the national scene. Robertson gives us an inside look at the impact of segregation in sports (golf in particular), politics and societies social values of the late 40s and early 50s. I especially appreciated the biographical sketches of the major players in the civil rights case. It is an element often lacking in general historical recounts. A view of history which shows how ordinary citizens can have a significant impact on important events in our lives. I recommend this to avid golfers to see how their sport was transformed by these events.
Robertson knows his history and tells it through the lives of ordinary citizens. Excellent footnotes.
A good companion book to this is "Life is So Good" by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman. A story that also has its roots in East Texas.
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