LEADER 04358nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910809605403321 005 20240516132049.0 010 $a1-282-56249-5 010 $a9786612562495 010 $a0-8135-4931-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813549316 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014681 035 $a(EBL)868532 035 $a(OCoLC)642200652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000420684 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11295842 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420684 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392032 035 $a(PQKB)11469181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC868532 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8111 035 $a(DE-B1597)526386 035 $a(OCoLC)992108414 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813549316 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL868532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386162 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256249 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014681 100 $a20090623d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntegrating the gridiron$b[electronic resource] $eBlack Civil Rights and American college football /$fLane Demas 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, NJ $cRutgers University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4741-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPrologue --$t1. Beyond Jackie Robinson: Racial Integration in American College Football and New Directions in Sport History --$t2. "On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures": Integrated College Football at UCLA, 1938-1941 --$t3. "A Fist That Was Very Much Intentional": Postwar Football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright Scandal --$t4. "We Play Anyone": Deciphering the Racial Politics of Georgia Football and the 1956 Sugar Bowl Controversy --$t5. "Beat the Devil Out of BYU": Football and Black Power in the Mountain West, 1968-1970 --$tEpilogue --$tNOTES --$tSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aEven the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Yet before and after these heroes staked a claim for African Americans in professional sports, dozens of college athletes asserted their own civil rights on the amateur playing field, and continue to do so today. Integrating the Gridiron, the first book devoted to exploring the racial politics of college athletics, examines the history of African Americans on predominantly white college football teams from the nineteenth century through today. Lane Demas compares the acceptance and treatment of black student athletes by presenting compelling stories of those who integrated teams nationwide, and illuminates race relations in a number of regions, including the South, Midwest, West Coast, and Northeast. Focused case studies examine the University of California, Los Angeles in the late 1930's; integrated football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright incident; the southern response to black players and the 1955 integration of the Sugar Bowl; and black protest in college football and the 1969 University of Wyoming "Black 14." Each of these issues drew national media attention and transcended the world of sports, revealing how fans-and non-fans-used college football to shape their understanding of the larger civil rights movement. 606 $aFootball$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCollege sports$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aDiscrimination in sports$zUnited States 606 $aRacism in sports$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican American athletes$xSocial conditions 606 $aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aFootball$xHistory. 615 0$aCollege sports$xHistory. 615 0$aDiscrimination in sports 615 0$aRacism in sports 615 0$aAfrican American athletes$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory. 676 $a796.332/630973 700 $aDemas$b Lane$01169598 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809605403321 996 $aIntegrating the gridiron$93961500 997 $aUNINA