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Author May, Peter, 1951- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdx6XpPtBwf6F7hQWpgKd, author.

Title Changing the course : how Charlie Sifford and Stanley Mosk integrated the PGA / Peter May ; [foreword by Gary Player]

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
©2024

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Description xix, 189 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography 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.
Subject Sifford, Charlie, 1922-2015.
Mosk, Stanley, 1912-2001.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Professional Golfers' Association of America -- History.
African American golfers -- Biography.
Lawyers -- California -- Biography.
Judges -- California -- Biography.
Mosk, Stanley, 1912-2001. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvMv798FHtkMvxKGTqqQq (OCoLC)fst01731719
Sifford, Charlie, 1922-2015. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqw6vqf68ycQ493FCqCwC (OCoLC)fst00297589
Professional Golfers' Association of America. (OCoLC)fst00519326
African American golfers. (OCoLC)fst00799186
Discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst00895130
Judges. (OCoLC)fst00984490
Lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00994346
California. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8p3GDkhpJkC9y6FY3wC (OCoLC)fst01204928
United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Player, Gary https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYxyCMT736FRTcWj9CcP, writer of foreword.
Added Title How Charlie Sifford and Stanley Mosk integrated the PGA
Other Form: Online version: May, Peter, 1951- Changing the course Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] 9781538178027 (DLC) 2023026545
ISBN 9781538178010 hardcover
153817801X hardcover
9781538178027 electronic book
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