Date of Award
1996
Degree Name
History
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
C. Robert Barnett
Second Advisor
William Palmer
Third Advisor
Robert Sawrey
Abstract
In 1954, Marshall College followed the national law that banned segregation in the school systems of the United States. The law included the integration of athletic programs. While only a small part of the process, athletic programs often presented integration on a more visible stage than the integration of classrooms.
Subject(s)
Marshall University - Basketball - History.
Basketball - History - West Virginia.
Discrimination in sports.
Recommended Citation
Reger, George M., "Integration and Athletics: Integrating the Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969" (1996). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 268.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/268
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