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Winner of the 2005 Seymour Medal of the Society for American Baseball Research 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 buildingNegro 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 leagues administration In addition he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions
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A visual history of the Negro Leagues documents both the years of its integration and the communities in which they were played featuring duotone plates of such legends as Satchel Paige Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron 30000 first printing
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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 buildingNegro 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 leagues administration In addition he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions
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A history of AfricanAmerican baseball from 1890 to 1947 and the Brooklyn Dodgers signing of Jackie Robinson also focuses on the players themselves their origins and accomplishments and their feelings and thoughts concerning their sport
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Chronicles the players teams stadiums and important games that shaped African American babseball including key players Rube Foster Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson
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Chronicles the players teams stadiums and important games that shaped African American babseball including key players Rube Foster Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson
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Tells the story of the Black baseball teams that played throughout the country before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947
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The Negro Southern League was a baseball minor league that operated off and on from 1920 to 1951 It served as a valuable feeder system to the Negro National League and the Negro American League A number of NNL and NAL stars got their start in the NSL among them five Hall of Famers including Satchel Paige and Willie Mays During its history more than 80 teams were members of the league representing 40 cities in a dozen states In the end only four teams remained operating more as semipro than professional teams This book is a narrative history of the league from its inception with eight teams in major Southern cities until its demise three decades later
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To Wilmer Fields the Negro Leagues represented more than simply a collection of allblack teams To him and to the thousands of other players owners managers and fans it was a way of life that continued to exercise its magic even after the integration of the white majors Five major league offers notwithstanding Fields stayed with black baseball for two and a half decadesAs the author states in this charming and colorful account of life in the Negro Leagues as a child my dream was to be a part of black baseball Back then black children had limited access to sports We had to try and satisfy our needs in any way we could afford We took advantage of every opportunity we had and black baseball was oneThe dream came true for Fields in 1939 after a tryout game he pitched and won for the Homestead Grays the premier black team in AmericaDespite the grueling life on the road the poor accommodations the hectic schedules the necessary winter games in Puerto Rico Cuba and Latin America and the extra seasons in Canada Wilmer Fields never left professional black baseball He felt it an honor to be able to play sidebyside with the true giants of the era Josh Gibson Luke Easter Buck Leonard Sam BankheadThat sense of honor and heartfelt loyalty is evident on every page of this book a rare and engaging portrait of a man of an era of great baseball and of a special group of ports figures truly deserving of the title the Black Legends of Baseball
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As handsome a book on the Negro Leagues as any child could hope to see this focuses on 21 players from Smokey Joe Williams to Cool Papa Bell to Jackie Robinson Ritter writes with feeling about the history of the Negro Leagues how Negro baseball differed from the majors and what it contributed to the sport but the main focus is on individual playersIllustrations are outstandingBooklist A worthwhile addition to any young ballplayers libraryPublishers Weekly
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As handsome a book on the Negro Leagues as any child could hope to see this focuses on 21 players from Smokey Joe Williams to Cool Papa Bell to Jackie Robinson Ritter writes with feeling about the history of the Negro Leagues how Negro baseball differed from the majors and what it contributed to the sport but the main focus is on individual playersIllustrations are outstandingBooklist A worthwhile addition to any young ballplayers libraryPublishers Weekly
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Offers a history of the Negro Leagues and some of their memorable players and provides anecdotes and newspaper accounts of notable events
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Now available in a handsomely produced oversized paperbackwith expanded information and 24 pages of blackandwhite photographsThe Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues documents more than four thousand players on Negro League teams from 1872 through 1950 Called one of the best reference books of the year by Library Journal and named an outstanding academic book of the year by the American Library Association this is the first book to cover comprehensively the careers of all African Americans who played with a team of majorleague quality or whose careers are featured in the history of Americas Pastime It delivers a wealth of information from vital statistics and the standard baseball figures of batting averages and pitching records to career data including years of active play positions played team affiliations and even nicknames To create this oneofakind reference baseball authority James A Riley traveled the country to interview the surviving members of the Negro Leagues about their exploits and the careers of their nowdeceased teammates With this invaluable firsthand information Riley brings to life the careers of such greats as Satchel Paige Ray Dandridge Josh Gibson and Leon Day Looking past Jackie Robinsons breaking of the color barrier in 1947 he profiles all Major League Hall of Fame players who also played in the Negro Leagues such as Hank Aaron Willie Mays Ernie Banks and Roy Campanella A landmark publication in the fields of baseball history and AfricanAmerican history a oneofakind workBooklist
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Covering the years between 1872 and 1950 the first comprehensive look at the history of professional baseballs Negro Leagues documents the careers of four thousand players including Jackie Robinson Willie Mays and Satchel Paige
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