Changing the Course - How Charlie Sifford and Stanley Mosk Integrated the Pga

The compelling, little-known story of Charlie Sifford, the first Black golfer to get his PGA card, and Stanley Mosk, a crusading civil rights attorney and California Supreme Court justice, who together made history by taking on the PGA and the Caucasian Only clause in its bylaws.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Foreword
Prologue
Chapter 1 BEGINNINGS
Chapter 2 STANLEY
Chapter 3 THE BENEFACTORS
Chapter 4 STANLEY, THE DEATH PENALTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC REVIVAL IN CALIFORNIA
Chapter 5 THE FIGHT CONTINUES
Chapter 6 THE OBNOXIOUS RESTRICTION
ARONIMINK - JULY 1962
Chapter 7 CHARLIE IN THE 60S
Chapter 8 STANLEY IN THE 60S
Chapter 9 THE MASTERS
Chapter 10 BAKKE, BIRD, A SENIOR MOMENT AND AN ELUSIVE BUICK
Epilogue
Bibliography

About the author

By Peter May - Foreword by Gary Player

Summary

The compelling, little-known story of Charlie Sifford, the first Black golfer to get his PGA card, and Stanley Mosk, a crusading civil rights attorney and California Supreme Court justice, who together made history by taking on the PGA and the Caucasian Only clause in its bylaws.

Product details

• Authors: Peter May
• Assisted by: Player Gary (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781538178010
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7801-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Golf, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf, Biography: sport, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional