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Legislation

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 states that, "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

Title IX Chronology compiled by Stacey Altman, J.D. at Wayne State College, NE

Books at Uni Library on breaking barriers in intercollegiate sports:

Uni has a small selection of relevant books.They are listed below and we have assembled them for your use in the library.

Achieving gender equity : a basic guide to Title IX and gender equity in athletics for colleges and universities
*e-book (at home you will need your NET ID and password)
http://www.ncaa.org/library/general/achieving_gender_equity/index.html

The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport
796.08996076 Un4

Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism andConflict in Big-Time College Sports
796.0430973 z66u

Call numbers to browse in other libraries:

796.0194 women and sports
796.0196 disabilites and sports
796.08 history of sports
798.082 history of women in sports
798.087 history of disability and sports
796.089 history of African Americans in sports

To find books in all campus libraries search the UIUC Online Catalog. Be sure to use the Library of Congress subject headings for your topic. The list of subject headings below is a great place to start.

United States. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX
Sports for women--Law and legislation
Sex discrimination in sports
African American athletes
African American athletes--History
Racism in sports --United States --History
Sports for the handicapped
Sports for people with disabilities

Gender Equality In Sports
This site is the creation of two professors at The University of Iowa whose research centers around affairs in interscholastic and intercollegite sports. Website includes a history of Title IX issues, news, and resources.

Save Title IX
This web site is a bipartisan project of National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education with a web site where citizens can communicate directly with President George W. Bush and Congress about the need to preserve Title IX.

Black Ivy
All things having to do with the history of blacks in the Ivy League--much of it having to do with sports. Browse a general time line or browse by school. Also, check out the articles on the main page that tell about sports legends of the past and present.

Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida performs research and serves as a resource for “issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate and professional sports.” The site includes full access to extensive and detailed reports and studies published by the Institute on issues of race and gender in sports.

Jim Crow and Sports
Part of the History of Jim Crow website, this resource describes African-American participation in a wide number of sports from the 1870s through the 1950s.

University of Illinois athletic history

The University of Illinois Archives includes over 17,000 cubic feet of office records, publications, and personal papers from the University and the Urbana-Champaign campus. All files are subject-indexed and searchable online.

For a concise overview of the University's history, read former University Archivist Maynard Brichford's Brief History of the University of Illinois (PDF file). It was written in 1970 and revised in 1983.

Select Subject Guides and click on African-American Research Resources for information on race relations in U of I sports. Relevant items here: (1) Sports Interview, 1967. Record Series 0/1/808.(Filmed interview of football player, Claude "Buddy" Young discussing race relations and discrimination in U of I sports). (2) Journal articles on race relations and black Illini student athletes.

Select Subject Guides and scroll to Sports Research Resources for descriptions of intercollegiate, intramural, interscholastic, and sports studies collections. If you would like more detail on one of these collections go to the Search Collections page and type the collection name in the search field.

On the main archives page select Frequently Asked Questions for a history of the term, "Fighting Illini." Here you'll find relevant links for research on the Chief Illiniwek controversy.

Be sure to check a page called the Black Athlete at U of I. The introductory paragraph is quite helpful.

Select browse by Subject to browse alphabetically for relevant Subjects, such as women's athletics, women's sports, women's basketball,women's athletic association, physical education for women, women's athletic association, intercollegiate athletics, wheel chair basketball, Chief Illiniwek, athletic eligibility (admissions). When you find a collection that looks useful click on the link to view a description. Some collections link to detailed listings of the archive box contents.

You might also want to browse files related to the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Click browse by Campus Unit and scroll to the division. However, browsing by subject will likely yield more results on your topic.

You can also combine subject headings in the search box, e.g., "Disabled Students and Sports". Click the box next to "Include Box Lists" to see listings of box contents for a collection. To search the archives Google-style click on PDF/ Deep Search and type your terms. Rather than searching subject headings, this searches over 17,000 pages of box/folder listings in pdf form.

Visit the Archive's General Information page for directions to the Archives Research Center and hours of operation.

NewsBank Newspapers
This service includes both contemporary and historical databases. Click on Illinois to search for articles from the News-Gazette back to 1997.

Public Library Holdings: You will find that the most comprehensive public library newspaper collection in the area is in the Urbana Free Library Archives department. The index is now online!

Newspaper Library (University of Illinois Library): The University of Illinois History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library is a great resource for this project. They hold News-Gazette microfilm dating back to the early twentieth century.

NCAA guidelines

NCAA Gender Equity/Title IX Resource Site
Includes links to Title IX facts, FAQ's, Title IX seminar materials, Gender Equity Reports, Resource Materials, Achieving Gender Equity, and EADA forms.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association
The NCAA is a voluntary association of 1,200 colleges and universities, athletic conferences and sports organizations devoted to the sound administration of intercollegiate athletics. Its goals are to promote student-athletes and college sports through public awareness, protect student-athletes through standards of fairness and integrity, prepare student-athletes for lifetime leadership, provide students with funding to help meet those goals.

Champaign-Urbana Demographics

NewsBank Newspapers
This service includes both contemporary and historical databases. Click on Illinois to search for articles from the News-Gazette back to 1997.

Public Library Holdings: You will find that the most comprehensive public library newspaper collection in the area is in the Urbana Free Library Archives department. The index is now online!

Newspaper Library (University of Illinois Library): The University of Illinois History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library is a great resource for this project. They hold News-Gazette microfilm dating back to the early twentieth century.