Fair ways : how six black golfers won civil rights in Beaumont, Texas /

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In the summer of 1955, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, began attacking the Jim Crow caste system when they filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. The golfers and their African American lawyers went to federal court and asked a conservative white Rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Robertson, Robert J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 103.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African American golfers > Civil rights > Texas > Beaumont > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in sports > Law and legislation > Texas > Beaumont > History > 20th century.
Golfeurs noirs américains > Droit > Texas > Beaumont > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination dans les sports > Droit > Texas > Beaumont > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Golfeurs noirs américains > Droits > Texas > Beaumont > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Discrimination in sports > Law and legislation
Texas > Beaumont
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beaumont, Texas, 1955
  • Black Beaumont
  • Joe Doakes in Beaumont
  • White golf, black golf
  • Crusading lawyers
  • Lawyer Lamar Cecil
  • Republican Lamar Cecil
  • Judge Lamar Cecil.

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