Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf
By Lane Demas
ISBN: 978-1-4696-3422-7
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. The book charts how blacks nationwide organized social campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate courses.
The Meaning of Golf
By Craig Morrison
ISBN: 9781092904612
Original and amusing, taking a sideways look at golfers from President Trump to Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods and old tom Morris, and ranging across the US, the British Isles and far beyond, this book goes no small way towards discovering the essence of the game, what makes it so attractive and so addictive. Its 18 chapters are a series of short studies and journeys, interviews too with incongruously interesting golfers, the greatest players, teachers and course architects as well as other less famous, but no less brilliant, aficionadoes of the game.
One Man’s Opinion: Together We Can Do This
By Jesse J. Lewis, Sr. with Foreword by Marc Morial
ISBN: 978-1-6847-1782-8
Dr. Lewis believes that Black People have 3 problems: #1: Black people. #2: Black people. #3: White people. “Most Black people have a complaint, but they do not give a solution.” In his book, Dr. Lewis, a military veteran, owner of 17 businesses and a former cabinet member appointed under Alabama Governor George Wallace walks readers through solutions to gaining unlimited success and prosperity—as a once legally enslaved race of people in America. He shares vivid memories of growing up on a tenant farm in a tiny shotgun house in the South, being raised by his grandmother, then going on to earn five degrees, obtain national success while sharing his wealth with countless others. He is convinced that Black people are born at a disadvantage and his book, filled with practical advice, criticisms, and discontent, is meant to be helpful and supportive of Black people.
Tiger Woods’s Back and Tommy John’s Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society
By Jonathan Gelber M.D. M.S.
ISBN-10: 1683582586
What happens when an attempted solution to a problem results in an unintended consequence that actually makes the original problem worse? This is known as “the cobra effect”. How has today’s society changed because of Sandy Koufax, Tom Brady, or Tiger Woods? How have courtrooms and the law changed because of the tragic loss of a No. 1 NBA Draft Pick and a NASCAR driver? And what effect did Magic Johnson’s announcement regarding his HIV diagnosis have on the NBA and testing across the nation? Dr. Gelber has compiled a list of impactful injuries and tragedies and the ripple effect they have had on players across several different sports and on society in general.
They Call Me George: The Untold Story of The Black Train Porters
ISBN: 9781771962629
By: Cecil Foster
A historical/non-fiction chronicle of little-known stories of Black railway porters—the so-called “Pullman” of the Canadian rail lines. The actions and spirit of these men helped define the nation in surprising ways; affecting race relations, human rights, community building, the shape and structure of unions, and the nature of travel and business across the US and Canada. Smartly dressed and smiling, Black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger―yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social status, subjected to grueling shifts, unreasonable standards, and insecure jobs.
Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
By John Singleton
ISBN: 9780762491414
With the backing of Turner Classic Movies, Bogle, a noted historian and the leading authority on African Americans in film, chronicles Black performers and filmmakers. The lively, informative text and images illustrate the struggles and triumphs of more than a century of cinema. The story opens in the silent film era, when White actors in blackface played Black characters, through the arrival of sound motion pictures and the Great Depression when Black performers such as Stepin Fetchit and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson began finding a place in Hollywood, albeit in rigidly stereotyped roles.
