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throughout the chapter, it talks a lot about louisiana government trying to get integration banned and to be able to play football against just other segregated tames. since the sugar bowl was in louisiana there were not many schools that were able to play in it. LSU went to it in 1958 and 1959

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 * LSU played in a bowl against an intergrated team in 1961
 * segregation media went to pelican state not to push segregation but to do what media should do, write about football
 * "the cultural prominence of football during the postwar years allowed these newspapers largely to ignore the question of integreation and instead focus on the decision as a triumph of manliness, competitive excellence, and national distinction." (p. 80)
 * "the editorial stand...institution in segregation (p. 81) sorry i just shortened it i put in the first few words and the last few so you can find it
 * LSU made to rose bowl because ohio states faculty did not want postseason play
 * first time since 1946 teams from every section were considered for rose bowl
 * ww2 changed race relations in Louisiana, white people didnt like integration but they tolerated it because they love the game of college football
 * sugar bowl invited naval academy in 1954, the school sold its tickets to segregated tulane stadium on an integrated basis
 * 1955 xavier university played keesler air force base in its LA first integrated college football game
 * 1955 georgia tech going to play Pittsburgh university in sugar bowl but governor of georgia said he wouldnt allow it cause tech was segregated and Pitt was not
 * georgia tech did play even if the gov. didnt want them to
 * because baseball was integrated, many white southerners believed no other sports should be integrated (p. 89-90)
 * Georgia tried to get a bill passed to ban integrated sports but it failed
 * Alabama was successful in passing it but didnt take it as seriously as Louisiana
 * Louisiana cancelled all college football games that would have been integrated
 * louisiana house tried to pass a bill banning all sports "it proposed outlawing...segregated seating." (p.87) I did the same thing i did earlier gave you the first few words and the last few so you can find it
 * howard zinn said southerners arent willing to give up sports so they will give up segregation at the college level p. 89 first paragraph
 * secretary of air force banned the academy from participating in segregated sporting events
 * LSU could no longer play in NCAA title games because they did not want to play integrated schools