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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>Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'' by Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell (1979) in jstor.org., accessed October 15, 2010; material no longer on-line.</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>Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'' by Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell (1979) in jstor.org., accessed October 15, 2010; material no longer on-line.</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; material no longer on-line}}</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>​

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; material no longer on-line}}</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/>​