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In 1970, Calvert co-authored with Donald E. Chipman and Randolph B. Campbell ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL,'' an inside study of the organization and financing of the [[NFL]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]], a vital cog of "an industry that occupies an important segment of American time and attention . . . a sophisticated industry that has worked out complex statistics to select the best thrower of a forward pass. . . . [and] has reformed television habits . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/30238133f|title=Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFl''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 15, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell, ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'' (Norman, [[Oklahoma]]: [[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1970).</ref>​

In 1970, Calvert co-authored with Donald E. Chipman and Randolph B. Campbell ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL,'' an inside study of the organization and financing of the [[NFL]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]], a vital cog of "an industry that occupies an important segment of American time and attention . . . a sophisticated industry that has worked out complex statistics to select the best thrower of a forward pass. . . . [and] has reformed television habits . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/30238133f|title=Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFl''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 15, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell, ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'' (Norman, [[Oklahoma]]: [[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1970).</ref>​

In 1981, Calvert and Alwyn Barr, a retired historian from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], co-authored ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref name=calvert/> In 1991, he co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Walter L. Buenger, the book entitled ''Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations.'' One of the chapters in ''Texas Through Time'' is oddly titled "The Shelf Life of Truth in Texas," also co-authored by Calvert and Buenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/buenger/cv.pdf|title=Walter L. Buenger|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 14, 2010}}</ref> In 1982, Calvert co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Larry D. Hill, the article entitled "The University of Texas Extension Services and Progressivism" in ''The Southwestern Historical Quarterly.''<ref name=dreid>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLbzLmuU_1gC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Robert+A.+Calvert+and+Larry+D.+Hill&source=bl&ots=OUX8-YI7SX&sig=VN8vMlf1oUOcV8wQ86mPpWdBJrA&hl=en&ei=DSfHTJGSLoW0lQeHzIHPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Robert%20A.%20Calvert%20and%20Larry%20D.%20Hill&f=false|editor=Debra Ann Reid|title=Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice|pages=preface and pp. xiv, 56|isbn=9781603441186|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|year= 2009|accessdate=October 26, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1981, Calvert and Alwyn Barr, a retired historian from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], co-authored ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref name=calvert/> In 1991, he co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Walter L. Buenger, the book entitled ''Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations.'' One of the chapters in ''Texas Through Time'' is oddly titled "The Shelf Life of Truth in Texas," also co-authored by Calvert and Buenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/buenger/cv.pdf|title=Walter L. Buenger|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 14, 2010}}</ref> In 1982, Calvert co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Larry D. Hill, the article entitled "The University of Texas Extension Services and Progressivism" in ''The Southwestern Historical Quarterly.''<ref name=dreid>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLbzLmuU_1gC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Robert+A.+Calvert+and+Larry+D.+Hill&source=bl&ots=OUX8-YI7SX&sig=VN8vMlf1oUOcV8wQ86mPpWdBJrA&hl=en&ei=DSfHTJGSLoW0lQeHzIHPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Robert%20A.%20Calvert%20and%20Larry%20D.%20Hill&f=false|editor=Debra Ann Reid|title=Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice|pages=preface and pp. xiv, 56|isbn=9781603441186|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|year= 2009|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref>​

Calvert spent years studying and chronicling the civil rights movement. By 1982, he had concluded that the movement had largely died because the American public grew skeptical that "the national government could play a positive role in erasing social and economic injustice," a view much at odds with his own [[liberal]] thinking in that regard.<ref name=dreid/>​

Calvert spent years studying and chronicling the civil rights movement. By 1982, he had concluded that the movement had largely died because the American public grew skeptical that "the national government could play a positive role in erasing social and economic injustice," a view much at odds with his own [[liberal]] thinking in that regard.<ref name=dreid/>​