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Author:
May, Peter, 1951-, author.
Title:
Changing the course [Book] : how Charlie Sifford and Stanley Mosk integrated the PGA / Peter May.
Format:
[Book] :
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xix, 189 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sifford, Charlie,--1922-2015.
Mosk, Stanley,--1912-2001.
Professional Golfers' Association of America.--History.
Discrimination in sports--History.
African American golfers--Biography.
Lawyers--California--Biography.
Judges--California--Biography.
Biographies
History
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- Stanley -- The benefactors -- Stanley, the death penalty and the Democratic revival in California -- The fight continues -- The obnoxious restriction -- Aronimink, July 1962 -- Charlie in the 60s : the more things change... -- Stanley in the 60s -- The Masters -- Bakke, Bird a senior moment and an elusive Buick.
Summary:
"The compelling, little-known story of Charlie Sifford, the first Black golfer to get his PGA card, and Stanley Mosk, a crusading civil rights attorney and California Supreme Court justice, who together made history by taking on the PGA and the Caucasian Only clause in its bylaws"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
153817801X
9781538178010
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1381547601
LCCN:
2023026544
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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