Game of privilege : an African American history of golf
Entry/Object ID
Library.1531
Description
xvii, 363 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jacksonville connections: Includes information on Lincoln Country Club established by A.L. Lewis in the 1920's and Ralph Dawkins, winner of the 1st golf tournament at Lincoln and later the club's teaching professional. John Brooks Denby's hole in one at the 342 yard, par4 start followed by 3 consecutive birdies was later recognized in Ripley's Believe It or Not. Lincoln Golf Club also hosted one of the first intercollegiate contests. Hampton vs City of Jacksonville was a legal case to integrate public golf courses.
Contents: Real democracy is found on the links : African Americans and the origins of golf in the United States -- One hears of Negro country clubs : golfing the Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance -- Our masters : the development of the United Golfers Association -- I will take your own golf stick and wham the world : golf and the postwar civil rights movement -- Guns in their golf bags : Black Power on the links -- Thai people don't get hate mail : race and golf in the age of Tiger Woods.
Collection
Library
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
African American golfers -- History., African Americans -- Civil rights -- History., Golf -- United States -- History., Golf -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Lincoln Country Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Hampton, Frank, Sr., 1923-2011., Dawkins, Ralph., Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.