Fair Ways: How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights in Beaumont, Texas (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) [Hardcover]

Robert J. Robertson (Author)

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“. . . a wonderful story, rich with detail and local color and personality, that sheds an illuminating ray of light on one aspect of the story of desegregation, showing how the most unlikely persons can have a major impact on the important events of our lives. This is a book that local historians, historians of black experience, and those interested in the history of sport will all find indispensable. I have read every word of it and think it is a great read, an important story, and one that every Texan ought to know.”--John B. Boles, William P. Hobby Professor of History, Rice University

(John B. Boles, William P. Hobby Professor of History, Rice University )

About the Author

Robert J. Robertson is a Beaumont businessman, writer, teacher, and leader in local history affairs. Vice President of J. S. Edwards and Sherlock Insurance Agency, former president of the Tyrrell Historical Library Association and a member of the Texas Gulf Historical Society and the Beaumont History Conference, Robertson teaches American history at Lamar University. He has written on immigration, slavery, politics, and civil rights. His earlier book, Her Majesty’s Texans: Two English Immigrants in Reconstruction Texas, is also published by Texas A&M University Press.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press (October 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585444421
• ISBN-13: 978-1585444427
• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,289,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Regional History of desegregation in the South, January 9, 2006

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This review is from: Fair Ways: How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights in Beaumont, Texas (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) (Hardcover)

Robertson provides a compelling look at desegregation in Southeast Texas and its implication on the national scene. Robertson gives us an inside look at the impact of segregation in sports (golf in particular), politics and societies social values of the late 40s and early 50s. I especially appreciated the biographical sketches of the major players in the civil rights case. It is an element often lacking in general historical recounts. A view of history which shows how ordinary citizens can have a significant impact on important events in our lives. I recommend this to avid golfers to see how their sport was transformed by these events.
Robertson knows his history and tells it through the lives of ordinary citizens. Excellent footnotes.
A good companion book to this is "Life is So Good" by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman. A story that also has its roots in East Texas.