Thursday night lights : the story of black high school football in Texas /

Thursday night lights : the story of black high school football in Texas /

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At a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League (the African American counterpart of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurd, Michael, 1949- (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 47.
Subjects:
Prairie View Interscholastic League (Tex.)
1900-1999
Football > Texas > History > 20th century.
School sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American football players > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American football coaches > Texas > History > 20th century.
African American high school students > Texas > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Football.
African American football coaches.
African American football players.
African American high school students.
Discrimination in sports.
Football.
School sports.
Texas.
History.
History > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX.)

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Call Number: GV959.52.T4 H87 2017
Notes: Donated by Rebecca Hankins. 20180608
 
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