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

Humphrey, Theodore James

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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

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Issued Date

1994-01-01

Persistent Link

https://doi.org/10.18130/1b1y-hn98

Suggested Citation

Humphrey, Theodore James. Racism, the media and American society in the twentieth century: a reexamination of the color line in professional football. University of Virginia, Department of History, MA (Master of Arts), 1994-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/1b1y-hn98.

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