Miami Times and the Fight for Equality - Race, Sport, and the Black Press, 19481958

This book explores the civil rights activism of the Miami Times between 1948 and 1958 by highlighting its effort to help abolish the "Monday-only" policy that restricted black golfers to a single day of access to the Miami Springs Municipal Golf Course.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Teed Off

Chapter 2: Why Golf?

Chapter 3: From Printer to Publisher: H.E.S. Reeves and the Miami Times

Chapter 4: We Wish to Plead our Own Cause: The Black Press of America

Chapter 5: Word Warriors: Vigilant Headlines of the Miami Times

Chapter 6: The Negro Golf Experience in the United States

Chapter 7: Chipping Away At Segregation

Chapter 8: From Putting Greens to Judicial Courts

Chapter 9: Sand Traps in the Sunshine: Obstacles Toward Victory

Chapter 10: "We Do Not Want to be Equal - We Want to be the Same"

Chapter 11: Fairer Greens

About the author

Yanela Gordon McLeod is adjunct professor of history and director of Communications and Alumni Affairs for the College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities at Florida A&M University.

Product details

• Authors: Yanela G McLeod, Yanela G. McLeod
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498576635
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7663-5
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Sport, Identity, and Culture; Sport, Identity, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Golf, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people