Tiretown Golf Club
After 63 years, Tiretown Golf Club shows no sign of slowing down.
It’s mission is simple: keep the game growing.
A group of black golfers formed the organization in 1950, when blacks were denied access to most private and public golf courses. Only city-owned Good Park in Akron was open — by statute — to all races.
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This article appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal on 11 July 2013.