The first Black PGA pro golfer was Charlie Sifford in 1961. Mr. Sifford won two PGA Tour events during his career, as well as the 1975 PGA Seniors Championship. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
He was followed by several prominent African-American golfers including Calvin Peete, Jim Thorpe, and Nathaniel Starks. Today, the only active African-American pro golfer is Tiger Woods, who is biracial.
For more info on Black golf history, the integration of the PGA, and bios of famous Black golfers, check out www.BlackGolfNet.com.
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DEWY BROWN was the 1st Black PGA professional in 1928. In 1934 the PGA refused to renew his PGA membership. In the Middle 60's he was made a honorary life member. In 1962 the PGA of America removed it's caucasian clause from it's Constitution and by-laws.
Professional Golfers Association of America started in 1916.
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The PGA (Great Britain and Ireland) was founded in 1901. The PGA of America was founded in 1916.
there would be no blacks in america
If you mean golf, it stands for the Professional Golfers' Association (of America).
Nobody was able to secure 64 PGA victories between 1938 and 1939. However, the champion of the 1938 PGA Championship event was Paul Runyan from America.
Slavery changed America's history in many ways! Blacks were treated terrible and were forced to do work that was uneccesary.
The white Americans took blacks from Africa. They put them in a boat nude, and shipped them to America as slaves. They separated the blacks from their family. The slave masters did cruel things to these African slaves. This why African-Americans live in the United States. If the Americans never shipped blacks to America, blacks today would be in Africa. Also, this is why we have racism in America.
No... the first blacks in America would of been in New Amsterdam (later to be known as New York)
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What where some conflicks bewteen blacks and whites?
I would say Many northern blacks returned to the South in search of better jobs.