Racism, the media and American society in the twentieth century: a reexamination of the color line in professional football

Author:
Humphrey, Theodore James, Department of History, University of Virginia
Advisors:
Kett, Joseph, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Mccurdy, Charles, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Abstract:

A study of the role of blacks in the rise of professional football. What it indicates about American Society in the later decades of the nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century.

Degree:
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords:
National Football League , Black players , Interracial sports , Competition integration
Language:
English
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Issued Date:
1994