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Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, professional baseball was mostly segregated. The Negro Leagues provided an alternative for African American players. Discover the history of African American baseball and the people who worked to end the sport's decades of segregation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--
Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Black athletes played in the Negro Leagues, on teams coached by Black managers, cheered on by Black fans. Those leagues owed their existence and success to savvy businesspeople like Effa...
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