At all levels, from high school to the pros, African Americans served white athletic teams in the Jim Crow era. Many received nicknames which verged on honorifics such as “Doc” and “Senator.” Others got more disparaging nicknames. At the University of Tennessee, James Forgey was known as “Dummy.” And then there’s Jack Shelton of Rice … Continue reading Jack Shelton & A History of Attitudes Toward Blacks at Rice University