{"id":6433,"date":"2012-02-24T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:53","slug":"lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975,\u201d Dr. Zeb Baker, Visiting Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, tells the story of how it affected all of campus life. His lecture takes place on Thursday, March 8 from 10:30 a.m. to noon and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain Room of the UTC University Center. This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Baker’s lecture will demonstrate how\u00a0the\u00a0desegregation of southern college football is a story of the contest between black access and white privilege, played out more times than not in the ferociously competitive arena of campus politics \u2014 more policy than pigskin.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollege football has become one of the most popular sports in America, especially in the South. \u00a0But aside from serving as a form of entertainment and community pride, college football has much to teach about the history of racial, social, and sectional relations in this country. \u00a0Dr. Baker’s lecture will introduce UTC students and the Chattanooga community to these immensely important historical issues, and will stimulate discussions about the ongoing struggle to maintain racial diversity and equal opportunity in American higher education,\u201d Dr. Michael Thompson, UTC Assistant Professor of History, said.<\/p>\n

Baker, who holds a Ph.D in American Studies from Emory University, is a historian currently at work on three books that explore the intersections of race and gender with the popular phenomenon that is college sports.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored\u00a0by the UTC Office of Equity and Diversity, Faculty Senate Speakers and Special Events Committee, Student Government Association, UTC Athletics, History Club, and Departments of History, Political Science, and Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975,\u201d Dr. Zeb Baker, Visiting Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, tells the story of how it affected all of campus life. His lecture takes place on Thursday, March… <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12659],"tags":[8264,8262,7352,7322,8263],"class_list":{"0":"post-6433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","7":"category-events-entertainment","8":"tag-and-geography","9":"tag-department-of-anthropology","10":"tag-department-of-history","11":"tag-department-of-political-science","12":"tag-sociology","13":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nLecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"headline\":\"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"keywords\":[\"and Geography\",\"Department of Anthropology\",\"Department of History\",\"Department of Political Science\",\"Sociology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Events and Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"description\":\"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\",\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Bond\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/bnz288\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00","author":"Laura Bond","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Bond","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Bond","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"headline":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d","datePublished":"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00","dateModified":"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/"},"wordCount":304,"keywords":["and Geography","Department of Anthropology","Department of History","Department of Political Science","Sociology"],"articleSection":["College of Arts and Sciences","Events and Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/","name":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-02-24T18:51:03+00:00","dateModified":"2013-02-05T15:12:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"description":"The desegregation of college football affected more than just the players on the field. In his lecture, titled\u00a0 \u201cDesegregating College Football\u00a0in the Jim","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/lecture-desegregating-college-football-in-the-jim-crow-south-1945-1975\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lecture: \u201cDesegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South, 1945-1975\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c","name":"Laura Bond","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Bond"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Laura Bond","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6443,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions\/6443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}