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In Texas, football is king,"" Rob Fink writes, ""so it provides a prominent window on Texas culture."" In Football at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Texas, Fink opens this window to afford readers an engaging view of the sport and its impact on African Americans in Texas.

Unpacks for readers the heartwarming journey of two coaches and their lifelong mutual respect and admiration. From rocky, drought-plagued practice fields in the summer of 1954, to the memorable 1967 autumn campaign that led both coaches to their highly publicized Cotton Bowl matchup, Jackson chronicles two storied football traditions.

Interlaced with historical context and abundantly illustrated, the first-person accounts presented in Black Man in the Huddle form an important and lasting record of the thoughts, struggles, successes, and experiences of young men on the front lines of desegregation in Texas schools and athletic programs.

As they tee up, make their approach shots, or line up their putts, few Texan golfers likely realize that the familiar landscapes of tee boxes, fairways, and greens can obscure stories from the past that played out on those same grounds. In Links to the Past, Dan K. Utley and Stanley O. Graves take readers on a historic tour of eighteen Texas golf courses that have surprising connections to history.

During halftime of the October 30, 1926, football game between Baylor University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a massive riot erupted between the two student bodies that resulted in the death of Texas A&M senior cadet Charles Sessums. In Battle of the Brazos, Webb examines and explains the riot, its origins, and its aftermath.

A look into the life of a big-time football player, this book offers first-hand glimpses of the personalities and playing (or coaching) styles of many celebrated stars of college football and the NFL. This book is an engaging story of growing up in a refugee family, of big-time football, and of human struggle and success.