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Black Writers/Black Baseball

Jim Reisler
Black Writers Black Baseball Book PDF

Author : Jim Reisler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786429073

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Black Writers/Black Baseball by Jim Reisler Pdf

This revised edition is an anthology of 10 African American sportswriters who covered baseball's Negro Leagues in the first part of the 20th century. The writers include Sam Lacy, Wendell Smith, Frank A. Young, Joe Bostic, Chester L. Washington, W. Rollo Wilson, Dan Burley, Ed Harris, A.S. "Doc" Young and Romeo Dougherty. The men represented here were pioneers in their own right. Writing for black weekly newspapers, they faced the same conditions as the leagues' players, from discrimination to endless travel. Yet it was through their writings that the public, both black and white were given an up-close, inside look at the day-to-day happenings of Negro League baseball.

Out of Left Field

Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert,Rebecca T. Alpert
Out of Left Field Book PDF

Author : Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert,Rebecca T. Alpert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0190619139

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Out of Left Field by Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert,Rebecca T. Alpert Pdf

"In Out of Left Field, Rebecca Alpert explores how Jewish sports entrepreneurs, political radicals, and a team of black Jews from Belleville, Virginia called the Belleville Grays--the only Jewish team in the history of black baseball--made their mark on the segregated world of the Negro Leagues. Through in-depth research, Alpert tells the stories of the Jewish businessmen who owned and promoted teams as they both acted out and fell victim to pervasive stereotypes of Jews as greedy middlemen and hucksters. Some Jewish owners produced a kind of comedy baseball, akin to basketball's Harlem Globetrotters--indeed, Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein was very active in black baseball--that reaped financial benefits for both owners and players but also played upon the worst stereotypes of African Americans and prevented these black "showmen" from being taken seriously by the major leagues. But Alpert also shows how Jewish entrepreneurs, motivated in part by the traditional Jewish commitment to social justice, helped grow the business of black baseball in the face of the oppressive Jim Crow restrictions, and how radical journalists writing for the Communist Daily Worker argued passionately for an end to baseball's segregation."--From publisher description.

The Black Press and Black Baseball, 1915-1955

Brian Carroll
The Black Press and Black Baseball 1915 1955 Book PDF

Author : Brian Carroll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317499312

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The Black Press and Black Baseball, 1915-1955 by Brian Carroll Pdf

This book brings into dramatic relief the dilemma, or devil's bargain, that faced the black press in first building up black baseball, then crusading for the sport's integration and, as a result of that largely successful campaign, ultimately encouraging and even ensuring the demise of those same black leagues. Taking a thematic approach, this book focuses each of its chapters on a singular event or phenomenon from and for each decade of the period covered, a period that spans the roughly four decades of the black leagues' existence. Thus, the book drills down on a handful of representative events and phenomena to present a history of the black press and black baseball. Themes include the many ways team owners and the weekly newspapers' editors and writers worked in concert to build up the leagues, the paired fortunes of black players and black writers, the desperation to save the Negro leagues when it became clear integration threatened their survival, and finally the black press’s response to the residues of baseball's decades of segregation.

Invisible Ball of Dreams

Emily Ruth Rutter
Invisible Ball of Dreams Book PDF

Author : Emily Ruth Rutter
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496817150

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Invisible Ball of Dreams by Emily Ruth Rutter Pdf

Although many Americans think of Jackie Robinson when considering the story of segregation in baseball, a long history of tragedies and triumphs precede Robinson's momentous debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. From the pioneering Cuban Giants (1885-1915) to the Negro Leagues (1920-1960), black baseball was a long-standing staple of African American communities. While many of its artifacts and statistics are lost, black baseball figured vibrantly in films, novels, plays, and poems. In Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line, author Emily Ruth Rutter examines wide-ranging representations of this history by William Brashler, Jerome Charyn, August Wilson, Gloria Naylor, Harmony Holiday, Kevin King, Kadir Nelson, and Denzel Washington, among others. Reading representations across the literary color line, Rutter opens a propitious space for exploring black cultural pride and residual frustrations with racial hypocrisies on the one hand and the benefits and limitations of white empathy on the other. Exploring these topics is necessary to the project of enriching the archives of segregated baseball in particular and African American cultural history more generally.

The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues

Todd Peterson
The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues Book PDF

Author : Todd Peterson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476665146

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The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues by Todd Peterson Pdf

How good was Negro League Baseball (1920-1948)? Some experts maintain that the quality of play was equal to that of the American and National Leagues. Some believe the Negro Leagues should be part of Major League Baseball's official record and that more Negro League players should be in the Hall of Fame. Skeptics contend that while many players could be rated highly, NL organizations were minor league at best. Drawing on the most comprehensive data available, including stats from more than 2,000 interracial games, this study finds that black baseball was very good indeed. Negro leaguers beat the big leaguers more than half the time in head-to-head contests, demonstrated stronger metrics within their own leagues and excelled when finally allowed into the majors. The authors document the often duplicitous manner in which MLB has dealt with the legacy of the Negro Leagues, and an appendix includes the scores and statistics from every known contest between Negro League and Major League teams.

Black Baseball's National Showcase

Larry Lester
Black Baseball s National Showcase Book PDF

Author : Larry Lester
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803280009

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Black Baseball's National Showcase by Larry Lester Pdf

A lively illustrated introduction to the Negro League equivalent of the All-Star Game discusses the history of the games, as well as the colorful cast of promoters, gamblers, and hucksters who made it happen. Original.

The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002

William M. Simons,Alvin L. Hall
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture 2002 Book PDF

Author : William M. Simons,Alvin L. Hall
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786415700

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The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002 by William M. Simons,Alvin L. Hall Pdf

This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as History ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game's past. The Business of Baseball examines sport from a commercial perspective. Race: Soul of the Game chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. Baseball Media: Literature , Journalism, and Cinema analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.

Swinging for the Fences

Steven R. Hoffbeck
Swinging for the Fences Book PDF

Author : Steven R. Hoffbeck
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 087351517X

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Swinging for the Fences by Steven R. Hoffbeck Pdf

Swinging for the Fences tells the great stories of baseball's past, from establishment of the color line and the early formation of the barnstorming teams to dazzling hits by black heroes that led the Twins to victory over the Cardinals in 1987. Each chapter focuses on one key player and gives readers an intimate look at the national pastime as it has evolved over the last century. These are stories of the bonds that formed between players, of legendary moments in baseball's past, and of real people whose love of the game kept them playing against tough odds. Featured here are Hall of Famers like Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, and Kirby Puckett and great players like Walter Ball, John Wesley Donaldson, and Bud Fowler, who, because of their race, never made the stats books.

Black Barons of Birmingham

Larry Powell
Black Barons of Birmingham Book PDF

Author : Larry Powell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786454808

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Black Barons of Birmingham by Larry Powell Pdf

A unique approach to the history of a Negro League team: The first half of this book covers the leagues and the players of the 1920s, the 1930s, and 1940 through 1947 (when Robinson broke the color barrier). The second half is devoted to the Black Barons of subsequent decades, the former Barons invited to tryout camps, others who were signed with minor league clubs, and the fortunate few who got their long-awaited chance in the majors.

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame

Steven R. Greenes
Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame Book PDF

Author : Steven R. Greenes
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476672687

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Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame by Steven R. Greenes Pdf

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame. The Negro League Hall of Fame admissions process, which has now been conducted in four phases over a 50-year period, can be characterized as idiosyncratic at best. Drawing on baseball analytics and surveys of both Negro League historians and veterans, this book presents an historical overview of NLHOF voting, with an evaluation of whether the 35 NL players selected were the best choices. Using modern metrics such as Wins Above Replacement (WAR), 24 additional Negro Leaguers are identified who have Hall of Fame qualifications. Brief biographies are included for HOF-quality players and executives who have been passed over, along with reasons why they may have been excluded. A proposal is set forth for a consistent and orderly HOF voting process for the Negro Leagues.

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.

Jonathan Fraser Light
The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball 2d ed Book PDF

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617442

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by Jonathan Fraser Light Pdf

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936

Sol White
Sol White s History of Colored Base Ball with Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886 1936 Book PDF

Author : Sol White
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803297831

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Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936 by Sol White Pdf

America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars-Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries. But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due. In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time. The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself. The work is introduced by Jerry Malloy, a recognized expert on the history of Negro leagues who has spent years inpainstaking research into this vanished world.

A Calculus of Color

Robert Kuhn McGregor
A Calculus of Color Book PDF

Author : Robert Kuhn McGregor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476618685

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A Calculus of Color by Robert Kuhn McGregor Pdf

In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges—population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration. The league had matured in the Jim Crow era, when northern cities responded to the Great Migration by restricting black access to housing, transportation, accommodations and entertainment, while blacks created their own institutions, including baseball’s Negro Leagues. As the political climate changed and some major league teams realized the necessity of integration, the American League proved painfully reluctant. With the exception of the Cleveland Indians, integration was slow and often ineffective. This book examines the integration of baseball—widely viewed as a triumph—through the experiences of the American League and finds only a limited shift in racial values. The teams accepted few black players and made no effort to alter management structures, and organized baseball remained an institution governed by tradition-bound owners.

Negro League Baseball

Neil Lanctot
Negro League Baseball Book PDF

Author : Neil Lanctot
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780812202564

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Negro League Baseball by Neil Lanctot Pdf

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.

The Negro Leagues, 1869–1960

Leslie A. Heaphy
The Negro Leagues 1869 1960 Book PDF

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476603056

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The Negro Leagues, 1869–1960 by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

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.