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Pages: 374
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-09 - Publisher: Outskirts Press
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Language: en
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the c
Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-04 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized ba
Language: en
Pages: 420
Pages: 420
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher:
Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.
Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-01 - Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
A century before Kirby Puckett led the Minnesota Twins to World Series championships, Minnesota was home to countless talented African American baseball players