The Integration of the American Bowling Congress: The Buffalo Experience

From: Afro - Americans in New York Life and History | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: C, John; H, James | Copyright information

Bowling, a highly interactive sport, was by 1945, a billion dollar industry that touched the lives of an estimated 12 to 16 million Americans. It had reached this status in great part due to its promotion by the U.S. Armed Forces during WWII and because unlike football or baseball anyone with a few dollars and the desire could play.(2) But the American Bowling Congress (ABC), bowling's governing body, had in its bylaws a "white males only" clause which it had strictly enforced since its incor...

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