Negro league baseball : the rise and ruin of a Black institution / Neil Lanctot.
By: Lanctot, Neil.
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004Description: xi, 496 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0812238079 (cloth : alk. paper).Other title: Baseball.Subject(s): Negro leagues -- History | Baseball -- United States -- History | Negro leagues -- History | Baseball -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 796.357/64/0973 Summary: Traces the history of African-American professional baseball, discussing how the struggles of Black players mirrored the experiences of African-Americans throughout the country during the twentieth century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Traces the history of African-American professional baseball, discussing how the struggles of Black players mirrored the experiences of African-Americans throughout the country during the twentieth century.
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