Play harder : the triumph of black baseball in America

Play harder The triumph of black baseball in America

Gerald Lyn Early

Book - 2025

"An illustrated and authoritative presentation of Black baseball figures throughout the history of the game, by renowned cultural historian and professor Dr. Gerald Early, with archival photos from the National Baseball Hall of Fame"--

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2nd Floor New Shelf 796.35709/Early (NEW SHELF) Due Jul 10, 2025
Subjects
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
African American baseball players > History.
Baseball > United States > History.
Racism in sports > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs américains > Histoire.
Racisme dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Published
California ; New York : Ten Speed Press [2025]
Language
English
Corporate Author
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Main Author
Gerald Lyn Early (author)
Corporate Author
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (author)
Other Authors
Dave Winfield, 1951- (writer of foreword)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xii, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-292) and index.
ISBN
9781984863225
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. Children, Go Where I Send Thee: The Beginnings of Black Baseball, 1865-1910
  • Spotlight Sol White: Black Baseball's First Historian
  • 2. The New Negro and the Leagues, 1920-1945
  • Spotlight Barnstorming Black Baseball
  • Spotlight The All-American Boy and Black Baseball Fans in Washington
  • 3. Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood: The Rise of Integration, 1945-1960
  • Spotlight Effa Manley: The Woman Who Told Jackie Robinson He Was Wrong
  • Spotlight Toni Stone: In Search of Our Mothers' Playing Fields
  • 4. The Black Player Meets the Brown Player, 1930s-1960s
  • 5. The Time Has Come: Black Ballplayers and the Civil Rights Struggle, 1960-1970
  • Spotlight The White Sportswriter's Scrutiny of the Black Player
  • 6. Free Agency and the West for Leadership, 1970s-1990s
  • Spotlight Vida Blue Tells Charlie Finley, "That's Not My Name"
  • Spotlight The Rise and Fall of the Black Boy Wonders: Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry
  • 7. The Nightcap: Black People and Baseball, from the 1990s to Today
  • Spotlight Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • Spotlight Wrecking Stadiums and Repping Cities: Hip-Hop Remixes the Sonic Landscape of Baseball
  • Notes
  • Authors and Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Photo Credits
  • Index

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