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Game of Privilege
Lane Demas
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The University of North Carolina Press 
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Kulturgeschichte
Beschreibung
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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Gary Player, Bill Spiller, Althea Gibson, Civil Rights Movement, Greensboro Six, Arnold Palmer, Jackie Robinson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Thurgood Marshall, Holmes v. Atlanta, Jack Nicklaus, Golf history, Charlie Sifford, Bobby Jones, Tiger Woods, Augusta National Golf Club, Professional Golfers Association (PGA) history, black caddies, PGA Tour history, Calvin Peete, U.S. Open, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC, Masters Tournament, black golfers, Lee Elder, Ted Rhodes, Maggie Hathaway, Constance Baker Motley, United Golfers Association (UGA), African American history, Alfred “Tup” Holmes, Joe Louis, sport history, George Franklin Grant, race and sport, United States Golf Association (USGA)