A Complete History of the Negro Leagues, 1884 to 1955
Title | A Complete History of the Negro Leagues, 1884 to 1955 PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Ribowsky |
Publisher | Carol Publishing Corporation |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
For over fifty years - or up until that bright April day in 1947 when Jackie Robinson smashed the major leagues' color barrier - the only ball fields where an African-American could play organized baseball were the tarnished diamonds of the Negro baseball leagues. On these fields, men such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and John Henry Lloyd played for teams such as the Kansas City Monarchs, the Homestead Grays, the Chicago American Giants, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
When the Game Was Black and White
Title | When the Game Was Black and White PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Chadwick |
Publisher | Artabras |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780896600911 |
Traces the history of the Negro baseball leagues, offers profiles of top players and their accomplishments, and shares the memories of players and fans
Only the Ball was White
Title | Only the Ball was White PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Peterson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195076370 |
Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.
Negro League Baseball
Title | Negro League Baseball PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Lanctot |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | 509 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0812202562 |
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 building. Negro 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 league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.
Shades of Glory
Title | Shades of Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence D. Hogan |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780792253068 |
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, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Invisible Men
Title | Invisible Men PDF eBook |
Author | Donn Rogosin |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780803259690 |
The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Rogosin's narrative pulls the veil off these "invisible men" and gives us a glorious chapter in American history.
The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960
Title | The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960 PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie A. Heaphy |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 1035 |
Release | 2015-03-13 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476603057 |
At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, "Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing.... We loved the game.... But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues." The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in baseball but from their earliest days the players were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition. This history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the 19th century and the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progresses through the "Gentleman's Agreement" in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated. The establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 is covered and various aspects of the game for the players discussed (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, difficulties because of race, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America). In 1960, the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them. There are many stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the U.S. and Latin America, along with photos, appendices, notes, bibliography and index.