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Fair Ways: How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights In Beaumont, Texas (The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a&M University, No. 103) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert J. Robertson
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 637019
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 2.9 x 1
ISBN: 1585444421
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.7641450873
EAN: 9781585444427
ASIN: 1585444421
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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Condition: NEW !! Never read hardback by Robert J Robertson with clean crisp pages - " How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights in Beaumont, Texas"- cover is excellent and dust jacket shows only minimal shelf rubbing - shipped within 48 hours
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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 Republican judge to render a decision that would not only integrate the local golf course but also set precedent for desegregation of other public facilities. In "Fair Ways", Robert J. Robertson chronicles three parallel stories that converged in this important case. He tells the story of the plaintiffs - avid golfers who had learned the game while working as caddies and waiters - of their young lawyers, recent graduates from Howard University law school, and of the Republican judge just appointed to the bench by President Eisenhower. Using public case papers, public records, newspapers, and oral histories, Robertson has recreated the scene in Beaumont on the eve of desegregation. "Fair Ways" gives a vivid picture of racial segregation and the forces that brought about its end.
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Excellent Regional History of desegregation in the South January 9, 2006
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Robertson provides a compelling look at desegregation in Southeast Texas and its implication on the national scene. Robertson gives us an inside look at the impact of segregation in sports (golf in particular), politics and societies social values of the late 40s and early 50s. I especially appreciated the biographical sketches of the major players in the civil rights case. It is an element often lacking in general historical recounts. A view of history which shows how ordinary citizens can have a significant impact on important events in our lives. I recommend this to avid golfers to see how their sport was transformed by these events.
Robertson knows his history and tells it through the lives of ordinary citizens. Excellent footnotes.
A good companion book to this is "Life is So Good" by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman. A story that also has its roots in East Texas.
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