Thursday night lights : the story of Black high school football in Texas /

At a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League (the African American counterpart of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hurd, Michael, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 47.
Temas:
Prairie View Interscholastic League (Tex.)
1900-1999
Football > Texas > History > 20th century.
School sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American football players > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American football coaches > Texas > History > 20th century.
Discrimination dans les sports > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sports scolaires > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Football américain > Entraîneurs noirs américains > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Football
African American football coaches
African American football players
Discrimination in sports
Football
School sports
Texas
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The PVIL : emerging from the shadows
  • Night train, choo-choo, and ridin' the yella dawg!
  • Learning and teaching the game
  • Gold in the triangle
  • Yates v. Wheatley
  • Integration : the good, the bad, the end
  • Appendixes : For the record ; PVIL football state champions ; PVIL milestones.

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