Race and Gender in the History of Civil Rights and Sports

When 2:30 PM Thursday, February 29, 2024

Session Chair Dr. Jesse Esparza, Texas Southern University

Commentator Dr. Jesse Esparza, Texas Southern University

Presentations by Paulina A. Serrano, “‘Brown Legs are Beautiful Too!’ Sporting Movidas and Civil Rights in South Texas, 1968-1970,” Penn State University; Karla A. Lira-Moore, “Mexican American Athletes in a Texas Higher Education Institution, 1950s-1970s,” University of Houston