Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf (Book) [show prizes]
Title: Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf
Author: Lane Demas
Abstract: This groundbreaking history of African Americans and golf explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregation, the legal battle to integrate public golf courses, and the little-known history of the United Golfers Association (UGA)--a black golf tour that operated from 1925 to 1975. Lane Demas charts how African Americans nationwide organized social campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate courses; he also provides dramatic stories of golfers who boldly confronted wider segregation more broadly in their local communities. As national civil rights organizations debated golf's symbolism and whether or not to pursue the game's integration, black players and caddies took matters into their own hands and helped shape its subculture, while UGA participants forged one of the most durable black sporting organizations in American history as they fought to join the white Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). From George F. Grant's invention of the golf tee in 1899 to the dominance of superstar Tiger Woods in the 1990s, this revelatory and comprehensive work challenges stereotypes and indeed the fundamental story of race and golf in American culture.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Privilege-African-American-Franklin/dp/1469634228/
Secondary URL: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469634227/game-of-privilege/
Publisher: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
Type: Single author monograph
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

"The ‘Color-Blind’ Golf Tournament That Brought Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, and Charlie Sifford to the Same Greens" (Blog Post)
Title: "The ‘Color-Blind’ Golf Tournament That Brought Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, and Charlie Sifford to the Same Greens"
Author: Lane Demas
Abstract: After Being Excluded From Professional Golf Tours in 1913, Elite Black Players Founded the United Golfers Association
Date: 3/7/2019
Primary URL: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2019/03/07/color-blind-golf-tournament-brought-joe-louis-bing-crosby-charlie-sifford-greens/http://
Blog Title: "The ‘Color-Blind’ Golf Tournament That Brought Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, and Charlie Sifford to the Same Greens"
Website: Zócalo Public Square

“Tiger Woods and His Career Are Officially History” (Blog Post)
Title: “Tiger Woods and His Career Are Officially History”
Author: Lane Demas
Abstract: Yes, it’s been twenty years since 44 million U.S. viewers watched 21-year-old Tiger dominate the field, win his first major championship, and tearfully embrace his father Earl on the eighteenth green. So whether or not his golf career is history, it’s at least time to consider Tiger Woods as history.
Date: 9/19/2017
Primary URL: https://uncpressblog.com/2017/09/19/lane-demas-tiger-woods-and-his-career-are-officially-history/
Website: UNC Press Blog

Lane Demas's "Game of Privilege" (Blog Post)
Title: Lane Demas's "Game of Privilege"
Author: Lane Demas
Abstract: Lane Demas is associate professor of history at Central Michigan University. He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf.
Date: 9/12/2017
Primary URL: https://page99test.blogspot.com/2017/09/lane-demass-game-of-privilege.html
Website: The Page 99 Test

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