Author: Lawrence D. Hogan
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792253068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Shades of Glory
Author: Lawrence D. Hogan
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792253068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792253068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Invisible Men
Author: Donn Rogosin
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803259690
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Rogosin's narrative pulls the veil off these "invisible men" and gives us a glorious chapter in American history.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803259690
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Rogosin's narrative pulls the veil off these "invisible men" and gives us a glorious chapter in American history.
The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960
Author: Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786413805
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786413805
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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.
Negro League Baseball
Author: Neil Lanctot
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812202562
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records. Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812202562
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records. Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.
Negro League Baseball
Author: Daniel Wolff
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810955851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This treasure trove of images by Withers, the unofficial team photographer for the Memphis Red Sox, captures the peak of Negro League action through the years of groundbreaking integration, as well as the community in which black baseball was played.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810955851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This treasure trove of images by Withers, the unofficial team photographer for the Memphis Red Sox, captures the peak of Negro League action through the years of groundbreaking integration, as well as the community in which black baseball was played.
The Negro Leagues
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1512427535
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Series information from publisher's website.
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1512427535
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Series information from publisher's website.
When the Game Was Black and White
Author: Bruce Chadwick
Publisher: Artabras
ISBN: 9780896600911
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Traces the history of the Negro baseball leagues, offers profiles of top players and their accomplishments, and shares the memories of players and fans
Publisher: Artabras
ISBN: 9780896600911
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Traces the history of the Negro baseball leagues, offers profiles of top players and their accomplishments, and shares the memories of players and fans
Playing America's Game
Author: Adrian Burgos
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520940776
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn—passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520940776
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn—passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.
Fifty Shades of White
Author: Gary Edwards
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1785312596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Fifty Shades of White is Gary Edwards's fifth book; and he returns with more fabulous, rib-tickling tales that come with half a century of following one of the most talked about football clubs in the world. Like the time he was asked to accompany a four-and-a-half-foot tall monk with a large hearing aid, who hadn't previously left his abbey for 25 years, to a Leeds United game as part of a BBC documentary. Or the time he escaped from hospital, still in his hospital gown and attached to a catheter, a blood bag, several needles and with two tampons stuck up his nose to travel 70 miles up the A1 in a thunderstorm for a relatively meaningless Leeds game at Darlington. There is a fascinating, controversial and hilarious insight into Leeds United's former owner Ken Bates, gleaned from being a special guest at his birthday and Christmas parties for eight consecutive years. Fifty Shades of White gives a unique fan insight into the club and a life devoted to Leeds United.
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1785312596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Fifty Shades of White is Gary Edwards's fifth book; and he returns with more fabulous, rib-tickling tales that come with half a century of following one of the most talked about football clubs in the world. Like the time he was asked to accompany a four-and-a-half-foot tall monk with a large hearing aid, who hadn't previously left his abbey for 25 years, to a Leeds United game as part of a BBC documentary. Or the time he escaped from hospital, still in his hospital gown and attached to a catheter, a blood bag, several needles and with two tampons stuck up his nose to travel 70 miles up the A1 in a thunderstorm for a relatively meaningless Leeds game at Darlington. There is a fascinating, controversial and hilarious insight into Leeds United's former owner Ken Bates, gleaned from being a special guest at his birthday and Christmas parties for eight consecutive years. Fifty Shades of White gives a unique fan insight into the club and a life devoted to Leeds United.
When Newspapers Mattered
Author: Tim Ghianni
Publisher: Ideas Into Books Westview
ISBN: 9781937763336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Two of the last great newspapermen, Ghianni and Dollar, take readers back to the days when newspapers actually mattered in AmericaNwhen journalism was all about making a difference, not making huge profits at the expense of the reader. They detail a story about their love for newspapers, what went wrong, and why.
Publisher: Ideas Into Books Westview
ISBN: 9781937763336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Two of the last great newspapermen, Ghianni and Dollar, take readers back to the days when newspapers actually mattered in AmericaNwhen journalism was all about making a difference, not making huge profits at the expense of the reader. They detail a story about their love for newspapers, what went wrong, and why.