| Contents |
Slow progress and the face of change : the post-World War II integration of pro football -- No recourse : the NFL's blackballing of "troublemaker" players -- Pioneers of integration : the rise and fall of the 1952 Dallas Texans -- Headed down South : segregation during exhibition games -- Rooting for the home team : the Cowboys and Texans come to Dallas -- At home in East Texas : the Oilers take the field in Houston -- The good, the bad, and the ugly : team management and the fight for equality -- Fighting back : pro players, celebrities, and entertainers make a stand for civil rights -- Big trouble in the Big Easy : the boycott of the 1964 AFL All-Star Game -- The road to the Cleveland summit : southern expansion and the final exhibition games in Dixie. |
| Abstract |
"In post-World War II America, when professional football owners scheduled exhibition games in the South and later placed franchises, they simply overlooked Jim Crow conditions endured by African American players. To Live and Play in Dixie is an oral history from the players themselves on how they battled discrimination while playing and living in the still-segregated South"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Jacobus, Robert To live and play in Dixie Lanham, Maryland : Prometheus, 2021 9781633886834 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021013661 |
| ISBN | 9781633886827 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1633886824 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| Standard identifier# |
40030839065 |
