Fair Ways - Robertson, Robert J.
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In the summer of 1955, early in the modern civil rights era, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. In Fair Ways, Robert J. Robertson chronicles three parallel stories that converged in this important case and gives an uncommonly vivid picture of racial segregation and the forces that brought about its end.

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In the summer of 1955, early in the modern civil rights era, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. In Fair Ways, Robert J. Robertson chronicles three parallel stories that converged in this important case and gives an uncommonly vivid picture of racial segregation and the forces that brought about its end.
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Robert J. Robertson is a Beaumont businessman and community leader. He teaches at Lamar University and has served as president of the Tyrrell Historical Library Association, Texas Gulf Historical Society, and the Beaumont History Conference. Robertson is the author of numerous articles, and his earlier book, Her Majesty's Texans: Two English Immigrants in Reconstruction Texas, was also published by Texas A&M University Press.