Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American College Football

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175 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 105 academics, 2, 106, 113–114, 120 Agnew, Spiro, 122 Alcindor, Lew (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), 105, 107 Alexander, Archie, 7 Ali, Muhammad, 12, 17–18, 107 All-Americans. See College Football All-America Team amateurism, 6, 12, 20, 26–27, 43, 118–122, 125, 131, 134–135 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 91 American Dilemma, An (Myrdal), 50 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 75, 91 American Football League (AFL), 48, 99 American Indians, 7, 35–36, 54–55 Amherst College, 5 Amos ’n’ Andy (radio program), 32 Anderson, Charlie, 40 Anderson, Marian, 50 Atlanta Stadium, 94 Atlanta University, 92–93 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), 70 Arizona State University, 113 armed forces, integration of, 50. See also Vietnam War Arnold, Robert, 87 Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA), 34–35 athletics, deemphasis on, 32, 57, 67–69 Auburn University, 3, 36, 38, 40, 44 authenticity, 19–20 Barrett, James E., 131 Bartlett, Ray, 29, 34, 46 baseball, 6, 11, 16–17, 29, 49, 94, 106 basketball, 3, 8, 29, 33–34, 65, 112, 124, 130, 135 Beamon, Bob, 112, 122 Beardley, William, 64 Bennett, Henry, 55, 65–66 Big Eight Conference, 23, 52, 56–57, 59, 70 Big Nine Conference. See Big Ten Conference Big Seven Conference. See Big Eight Conference Big Ten Conference, 7, 49, 52, 57, 78, 108 Bishop College, 131 Black, Julian, 15 Blackburn, Jack, 15 Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA), 1 black colleges, 8–10, 51 Black Muslims, 104. See also Nation of Islam (NOI) Black Panther Party, 25–26, 104, 122–123, 133 Black Power salute. See Olympic games Black Student Alliance (BSA), 26, 102, 110, 114–116, 122, 125, 129, 138 Black Student Organization (BSO), 111 “Bleeding Kansas,” 23, 66 Bloch, Charles, 88, 93 Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech University), 100–101 Bobby Jones Municipal Golf Course (Atlanta), 83–84 Bodenhamer, W. T., 82 Boston College, 40, 47, 85 Boston University, 40 boxing, 6, 12–18, 107–108 Bradley, Harold, 7 Bradley, Tom, 35, 42 Bradley University, 56, 67 Brigham Young University, 26, 103, 110–133 Bright, Johnny, 23–24, 58–71, 93, 136, 140 Brooklyn Dodgers, 29, 51 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 33. See also railroad porters Brown, Jim, 78, 109 Brown University, 7–8 Brown v. Board of Education, 19, 24–25, 54, 60, 77–78, 80–83, 85, 90, 100, 137 Brundage, Avery, 107 Bryant, Paul (“Bear”), 69, 75–76, 82, 129 Buffalo Bills, 118 Bullock, Matthew, 7 Bunche, Ralph, 33 Burns, Tommy, 12 bus boycott. See Montgomery bus boycott Butler, Sol, 7 California Proposition 209, 138–139 Camp, Walter, 6 campus life, 105–106, 108–109, 111, 114, 138. See also dating; housing; teammates Canadian Football League (CFL), 24, 70 Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 7 Carlos, John, 107, 131 INDEX 176 INDEX Carlson, William, 102–104, 115–120, 123–124, 131 Carnera, Primo, 14, 39 Caroline, James (J.C.), 78 Carr, Arthur, 7 Carter, Hodding, 97 Carter, Virgil, 121 Chadwell, George, 7 Chambers, A. B., 58 cheerleaders, 111 Chicago Bears, 131 Chicago Seven, 103 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 110–133 citizens’ councils, 78–81, 82–84, 86, 88, 95, 100 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 31 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 104, 109–110 Clemson University, 38, 40 Cleveland Browns, 78 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 137 coaches, 41–42, 57, 75–76, 82, 105–106, 114, 116–117, 131–132; African American, 1–3, 71, 111 Coleman, Dick, 111 College Football All-America Team, 8, 30–31, 33, 41, 78 College Football Hall of Fame, 48 College of the Pacific, 86 Colorado State University, 113, 130 Communist Party, 16, 32–33, 41 Compton College, 100 Confederate flag, 76, 111, 118 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 75, 91 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 125 Cooke, Sam, 19 Cornell University, 114 Cotton Bowl, 40, 57, 78, 82, 86, 109 Cross, George Lynn, 53–54, 56, 65 Cunningham, Sam, 76 Dallas Cowboys, 131 Daniels, Roger, 116 Dartmouth College, 7 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 50 dating, 30, 33, 99, 112, 114. See also campus life; housing; women Davis, Baron, 139 Davis, Ernie, 109 Democratic National Convention of 1968, 75 Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.), 74 Dillard University, 99 Dixiecrats, 53 Dodd, Bobby, 82–83, 88, 95, 100–101, 127 Dorsey v. Louisiana State Athletic Commission, 100 Double Victory (“Double V”) campaign, 14, 22 Drake Stadium, 58–59. See also Johnny Bright Field Drake University, 21, 23–24, 56, 58–71 Drinkard, John, 89...