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The small progress blacks made to integrate the minors before 1954 met increasing resistance after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education outlawed racial segregation in the public schools. [...]black fans turned out in record numbers whenever black athletes took the fie...

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Published in:Southern cultures 1999-01, Vol.5 (4)
Main Author: Lawson, Steven F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Black athletes
Black people
Civil rights movements
Equal rights
Professional baseball
Race relations
Racism
Robinson, Jackie (1919-72)
Segregation
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Summary:The small progress blacks made to integrate the minors before 1954 met increasing resistance after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education outlawed racial segregation in the public schools. [...]black fans turned out in record numbers whenever black athletes took the field. [...]he fails to mention the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which finally shattered the structure of segregation that kept blacks from playing for many minor-league teams and gaining equal access to public accommodations.) This volume sketches the outline of an interesting social history of race and baseball, but it does leave the full story untold.
ISSN:1068-8218
1534-1488