They played for the love of the game [electronic resource] :untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota / Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield.
By: White, Frank M. (Sports Administrator).
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 194 pages ).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781681340050; 1681340054.Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies | SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History | Baseball -- United States -- History | Discrimination in sports -- Minnesota -- History | Negro leagues -- Minnesota -- History | African American baseball players -- Minnesota -- History | Baseball -- Minnesota -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 796.35709776 Online resources: Full text available: Summary: "This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations"-- Provided by publisher.
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