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Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia

Author : Courtney Michelle Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476627434

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Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia by Courtney Michelle Smith Pdf

For nearly 40 years, Ed Bolden dominated black baseball in Philadelphia. He owned two teams, the Darby-based Hilldale Club and the Philadelphia Stars, and briefly led the Eastern Colored League, which he founded. Winner of two championships--one with each team--he experienced the highs and lows of the Negro Leagues. He remained with the Stars until his death in 1950, which foreshadowed the dissolution of the Negro Leagues in the face of Major League Baseball's integration. This book examines Bolden's leadership of both teams through economic downturns, racial discrimination and two world wars.

Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia

Author : Courtney Michelle Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786478491

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Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia by Courtney Michelle Smith Pdf

For nearly 40 years, Ed Bolden dominated black baseball in Philadelphia. He owned two teams, the Darby-based Hilldale Club and the Philadelphia Stars, and briefly led the Eastern Colored League, which he founded. Winner of two championships--one with each team--he experienced the highs and lows of the Negro Leagues. He remained with the Stars until his death in 1950, which foreshadowed the dissolution of the Negro Leagues in the face of Major League Baseball's integration. This book examines Bolden's leadership of both teams through economic downturns, racial discrimination and two world wars.

The Integration of Baseball in Philadelphia

Author : Christopher Threston
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786414235

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The Integration of Baseball in Philadelphia by Christopher Threston Pdf

The release of Ken Burns' documentary Baseball in 1994 and the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the major leagues in 1997 once again brought attention to the integration of baseball. Integration did not guarantee equality or even begin to solve baseball's race-related struggles. In some instances, integration caused even more problems for the African American players and their white teammates. This was the case in Philadelphia, where, among other discriminatory actions, Phillies manager Ben Chapman instructed his players to verbally abuse Jackie Robinson. This work examines how Philadelphia acquired a reputation as a tough place for African American players. It follows the very slow and difficult progress of integration of the Philadelphia Phillies and Athletics. Attempts to integrate Philadelphia baseball began being made as early as the 1860s, and all of them proved futile until 1953. Those attempts and the reasons that they failed are discussed. The book provides biographical and statistical information on some of the African American players who were confronted with discrimination, and also looks at the white players, managers, coaches, and front office personnel who were having a difficult time accepting African American players on their teams.

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame

Author : Steven R. Greenes
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476641119

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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.

Black Ball 9

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476623344

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Black Ball 9 by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre–Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts.

Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931

Author : Michael E. Lomax
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780815652823

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Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931 by Michael E. Lomax Pdf

As the companion volume to Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860–1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary, Lomax’s new book continues to chronicle the history of black baseball in the United States. The first volume traced the development of baseball from an exercise in community building among African Americans in the pre–Civil War era to a commercialized amusement and a rare and lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurship within the black community. In this book, Lomax takes a closer look at the marketing and promotion of the Negro Leagues by black baseball magnates. He explores how race influenced black baseball’s institutional development and shaped the business relationship with white clubs and managers. Lomax analyzes the decisions that black baseball magnates made to insulate themselves from outside influences. He explains how this insulation may have distorted their perceptions and ultimately led to the Negro Leagues’ demise. The collapse of the Negro Leagues by 1931 was, Lomax argues, "a dream deferred in the overall African American pursuit for freedom and self-determination."

African Americans in Sports

Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317477440

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African Americans in Sports by David K. Wiggins Pdf

This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf.

Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2012)

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476622002

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Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2012) by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

BACK ISSUE Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts. Prior to Volume 9, Black Ball was published as Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal. This is a back issue of that journal.

Extra Bases

Author : Jules Tygiel
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803294476

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Extra Bases by Jules Tygiel Pdf

A collection of previously published essays exploring various aspects of baseball history includes an introduction to baseball historiography and a discussion of Jackie Robinson and Jim Crow baseball.

Baseball's Leading Lady

Author : Andrea Williams
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250623737

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Baseball's Leading Lady by Andrea Williams Pdf

For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated, Andrea Williams's Baseball's Leading Lady is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 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, and often run by Black owners. Here is the riveting true story of the woman at the center of the Black baseball world: Effa Manley, co-owner and business manager of the Newark Eagles. Elegant yet gutsy, she cultivated a powerhouse team. Yet just as her Eagles reached their pinnacle, so did calls to integrate baseball, a move that would all but extinguish the Negro Leagues. On and off the field, Effa hated to lose. She had devoted her life to Black empowerment--but in the battle for Black baseball, was the game rigged against her?

Black Baseball, Black Business

Author : Roberta J. Newman,Joel Nathan Rosen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781626742253

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Black Baseball, Black Business by Roberta J. Newman,Joel Nathan Rosen Pdf

Winner of the 2014 Robert W. Peterson Award for Excellence in Negro League Research from the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, sponsored by Negro Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen have written an authoritative social history of the Negro Leagues. This book examines how the relationship between black baseball and black businesses functioned, particularly in urban areas with significant African American populations--Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, and more. Inextricably bound together by circumstance, these sports and business alliances faced destruction and upheaval. Once Jackie Robinson and a select handful of black baseball's elite gained acceptance in Major League Baseball and financial stability in the mainstream economy, shock waves traveled throughout the black business world. Though the economic impact on Negro League baseball is perhaps obvious due to its demise, the impact on other black-owned businesses and on segregated neighborhoods is often undervalued if not outright ignored in current accounts. There have been many books written on great individual players who played in the Negro Leagues and/or integrated the Major Leagues. But Newman and Rosen move beyond hagiography to analyze what happens when a community has its economic footing undermined while simultaneously being called upon to celebrate a larger social progress. In this regard, Black Baseball, Black Business moves beyond the diamond to explore baseball's desegregation narrative in a critical and wide ranging fashion.

Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901

Author : Michael E. Lomax
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0815629702

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Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901 by Michael E. Lomax Pdf

Here is the first in-depth account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. In the late nineteenth century resourceful black businessmen founded ball teams that became the Negro Leagues. Racial bias aside, they faced vast odds, from the need to court white sponsors to negotiating ball parks. With no blacks in cities, they barnstormed small towns to attract fans, employing all manner of gimmickry to rouse attention. Drawing on major newspapers and obscure African-American journals, the author explores the diverse forces that shaped minority baseball. He looks unflinchingly at prejudice in amateur and pro circles and constant inadequate press coverage. He assesses the impact of urbanization, migration, and the rise of northern ghettoes, and he applauds those bold innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that appealed to whites yet nurtured a uniquely African American playing style. This was black baseball's finest hour: at once a source of great ethnic pride and a hard won pathway for integration into the mainstream.

The Negro Leagues Chronology

Author : Christopher Hauser
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476608488

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The Negro Leagues Chronology by Christopher Hauser Pdf

Painstakingly researched and documented, this volume is a comprehensive, year-by-year reference work giving important—yet often obscure—dates in Negro League history. From the Negro Leagues’ organized beginning in 1920 through their steep decline immediately after Jackie Robinson’s 1947 breaking of the color barrier, entries cover league meetings, noteworthy games, the commentary of columnists, and important events on and off the field. Controversies that defined the experience of black baseball organizers—such as player rights disputes, failure to adhere to league schedules and violations of league rules—are also included here.

Negro League Baseball

Author : Neil Lanctot
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,8 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

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786413808

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

Presents a history of the Negro Leagues, from their inception to the integration of black players into Major League Baseball to the eventual demise of the league.