Bruns, a historian, acquaints high school students, students of American social history and culture, and general readers with Negro League baseball and the achievements and experiences of African Amer
Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Walter Dean Myers's baseball story THE JOURNAL OF BIDDY OWENS is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Seventeen-year-old Biddy O
"Professional baseball is full of arcane team names at all levels of the sport. Some might be surprised to learn that the major league Dodgers owe their nickname to a trolley line in Brooklyn. This co
From pioneering superstars like Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby and Negro League standouts Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Well to present-day luminaries like Nolan Ryan, Texas has played a crucial rol
"Until the late 1940s, African-American athletes were not allowed to play Major League Baseball. Instead, they played the game they loved in the Negro Leagues."
Emily loves to play on her Little League baseball team. She visits the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and learns about the Negro Leagues that were formed when black players were banned
Presents a collection of out-of-print watercolor images that first appeared as trading cards with accompanying text about the famed African American baseball players, including Jackie Robinson, Satche
Presents a history of the Negro Leagues, from their inception to the integration of black players into Major League Baseball to the eventual demise of the league.
This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball.In America during the early twentieth cent
How good was Negro League Baseball (1920–1948)? Some experts maintain that the quality of play was equal to that of the American and National Leagues. Some believe the Negro Leagues should be part of
Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, the peer-reviewed journal offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the
Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, the peer-reviewed journal offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the
Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, i
Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, the peer-reviewed journal offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the
Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, the peer-reviewed journal offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the
"This book covers New Jersey's extensive role in segregated baseball, from the White Stocking's historic refusal to play the integrated Newark Little Giants (1887), to the "Gentlemen's Agreement" (dec
This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s. I
"This anthology provides insights into black baseball, examining socio-economic and political conditions that created this institution, spotlighting players who characterized its special flavor and sp
