Former African-American MLB Stars Explain Why Baseball Has Lost Much Of Its Black Presence
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Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams
- ASIN: 0195076370
- ISBN: 9780195076370
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he... [Read More]
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The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography)
- ASIN: 0440400198
- ISBN: 0440400198
- Brand: Davidson, Margaret
- Manufacturer: Yearling
Today many children dream of playing professional baseball. Perhaps you are one of them. If you have good athletic skills and you work hard, your dream may be realized. But this wasn't always true for athletes in the first part of this century. More was required. A player had to be white. Black players--no matter how well they cou... [Read More]
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The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball
- ASIN: 0700603433
- ISBN: 0700603433
- Brand: Brand: University Press of Kansas
- Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas
Charter members of the Negro National League, stepping stone for Jackie Robinson, home base for Satchel Paige, and training ground for more than twenty blacks sent to the major leagues, the Kansas City Monarchs survived the entire thirty-five-year span of black baseball (from 1920 to mid 1950) and were widely regarded as the dominant black professi... [Read More]
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Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson
- ASIN: 080327825X
- ISBN: 080327825X
- Brand: Brand: Bison Books
- Manufacturer: Bison Books
For nearly fifteen years NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America’s national pastime, NINE has explored baseball from the earliest matches and little-known players of the 1800s to the modern billion-dollar industry and its... [Read More]
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Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball
- ASIN: 079225306X
- ISBN: 079225306X
- Manufacturer: National Geographic
Celebrating African America's contribution to our great national pastime, this comprehensive, lively history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component, to recreate the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. Packed with stories, biographical essays, scores of archival photographs and other evocative artifacts,... [Read More]
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Hank Aaron: A Biography (Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters)
- ASIN: 0313330018
- ISBN: 0313330018
- Manufacturer: Greenwood
At the time of Hank Aaron's birth in 1934, Babe Ruth reigned as baseball's home run king, and the Negro Leagues were an African American's only hope of playing professional baseball. Latent hopes for a different future thrived on Carver Park in Alabama, however, where a young Hank Aaron was soon to be seen perfecting the powerful stroke that would ... [Read More]
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Baseball and American Culture
- ASIN: 1538103281
- ISBN: 9781538103289
- Manufacturer: Baseball and American Culture
For more than a hundred years, baseball has been woven into the American way of life. By the time they reach high school, children have learned about the struggles and triumphs of players like Jackie Robinson. Generations of family members often gather together to watch their favorite athletes in stadiums or on TV. Famous players like Babe Ruth, Jo... [Read More]
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Satchel Paige: The Best Arm in Baseball (Great African Americans Series)
- ASIN: 0766016994
- ISBN: 0766016994
- Brand: Brand: Enslow Elementary
- Manufacturer: Enslow Pub Inc
Presents the life and career of baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, the first baseball player from the Negro Leagues to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Baseball and the Color Line (The African-American Experience)
- ASIN: 0531157474
- ISBN: 0531157474
- Brand: Brand: Franklin Watts
- Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
Traces the history of segregation in major league baseball, looks at the Negro Leagues, and recounts how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1946
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Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues Most Important City (Jerry Malloy Conference)
- ASIN: 0786426748
- ISBN: 0786426748
- Brand: Brand: McFarland n Company, Inc., Publishers
- Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Founded in 1920, the Negro National League originally comprised teams throughout the Midwest, but the league’s groundwork was laid in one city—Chicago. Two of the season’s eight inaugural teams were based in the South Side, which was also the adopted home of Rube Foster, the “Father of the Negro Leagues.” A former stand-out pitcher in the... [Read More]
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The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues
- ASIN: 0786700653
- ISBN: 0786700653
- Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf Pub
Covering the years between 1872 and 1950, the first comprehensive look at the history of professional baseball's Negro Leagues documents the careers of four thousand players, including Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and Satchel Paige.
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Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee (Sports and American Culture)
- ASIN: 0826213588
- ISBN: 0826213588
- Brand: Brand: University of Missouri
- Manufacturer: University of Missouri
Of all the great ballplayers to wear Yankee pinstripes, Elston Howard was among the proudest. Remarkable temperament and courage made him the Jackie Robinson of baseball's most storied franchise. No Yankee carried himself with more dignity. No Yankee had greater respect for his teammates or love for his wife and family. And no one loved being a Yan... [Read More]
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Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players' Rights
- ASIN: 0892553219
- ISBN: 9780892553211
- Brand: Brand: Persea
- Manufacturer: Persea
A biography of the all-star baseball player who stood up to injustice. Curt Flood was a dazzling center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals when, in 1969, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. But instead of accepting his fate, Flood shocked baseball by suing the sport over its Reserve Clause, an age-old rule that bound players to their teams... [Read More]
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
- UPC: 725961008321
- ASIN: 0786808322
- ISBN: 0786808322
- Brand: Jump At The Sun
- Manufacturer: Jump At The Sun
"We are the ship; all else the sea."-Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and p... [Read More]
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Jackie Robinson and the American Dilemma (Library of American Biography)
- ASIN: 020559848X
- ISBN: 020559848X
- Brand: Brand: Pearson
- Manufacturer: Pearson
In this gripping profile of a pioneer, John R.M. Wilson illustrates how Jackie Robinson’s life transcended his baseball career to illuminate the racial struggles of the nation. By breaking the color barrier in baseball, Jackie Robinson (1919—1973) brought the American public face-to-face with a dilemma that has plagued the nation throughou... [Read More]
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Hank Aaron (Baseball Legends)
- ASIN: 0791011658
- ISBN: 0791011658
- Manufacturer: Chelsea House Pub
A biography of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record
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Jackie Robinson (Baseball Superstars)
- ASIN: 0791098486
- ISBN: 0791098486
- Manufacturer: Checkmark Books
Examining the lives of celebrated baseball players both past and present, this candid series--which includes stats and photos--chronicles each player's childhood and family, his introduction to the sport, challenges and setbacks, and more.
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Satch, Dizzy, & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
- ASIN: 1416547991
- ISBN: 1416547991
- Brand: Brand: Simon n Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
“A new classic baseball book” (Library Journal): the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, and Bob Feller introduced integrated baseball to America.Before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, black and white ballplayers had been playing against one another for decades—even, on rare occasions, playing with each other. In... [Read More]
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South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration
- ASIN: 0786432934
- ISBN: 0786432934
- Brand: Brand: McFarland
- Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.
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First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson
- ASIN: 0786803487
- ISBN: 0786803487
- Manufacturer: Hyperion Books for Children
A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball
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