White crowds physically occupied a golf course and forced cancellation of a black tournament

Evidence

With dogged determination,” he noted with pride, “the white people publicized plans to clutter the course from daybreak until dusk, for the duration of the tournament, and the Negroes backed down. The National Negro Golf Tournament was called off.” — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 284

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Court-ordered desegregation of public spaces produced resegregation and private alternatives, not integration — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 250