For over 50 years or until 1947 when Jackie Robinson smashed the major leagues' color barrier the only ball fields where an African American could play organize

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, comprehensi

“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

The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black respons

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 leagu