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The forgotten history of African American baseball  Cover Image Book Book

The forgotten history of African American baseball

Summary: "This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780313379840 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 031337984X (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9780313379857 (ebook)
  • Physical Description: print
    269 pages : black & white illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2014]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Baseball, and something more besides -- Coming to bat in Sundown baseball -- The beginnings: 19th-century blackball -- The age of great players playing for great independent teams, 1900-1920 -- "New Negroes" in the midst of American sport's golden age, 1920-1930 -- The "New Negro" as baseball player, 1920-1930 -- Hard times for America and for blackball, 1930-1940 -- The seasons of change, 1940-1947 -- A history that is lost? Stolen? Strayed?, 1947-present.
Subject: Negro leagues History
African American baseball players History
Baseball United States History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African American baseball players
Baseball
Negro leagues
United States
Genre: History.

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  • 4 out of 4 copies are currently available at Clayton County Library System.

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