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Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration

Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration

Albrecht, Don E.

Hardcover

Series: Prairie View A&m University

FootballSports GeneralBlack American Studies

Publisher Price: $32.50

ISBN10: 1648432751
ISBN13: 9781648432750
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Nov 13 2024
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Using the lens of arguably the state's most popular sport, Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration describes the highs and lows in the ongoing battle for equal educational opportunities for all Texas students. According to former Texas A&M athletic recruiter Don Albrecht, the high school football team, often the most visible symbol of the community, was frequently caught in the historic crossfire in local struggles over segregation. While noting the importance of the courageous individuals who fought to desegregate Texas public schools, Albrecht examines how the progress made in the 1950s and '60s has largely been eroded. He argues that Texas schools are more segregated today than they were in the 1970s, when Brown v. Board of Education had been the law of the land for 16 years. Texas schools were separate and unequal in the 1950s, he says, and continues, Texas schools are unequal today.

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