The Negro Leagues 1869 1960

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,8 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.

Author : Andrea Williams
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 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?

Author : Dick Clark,Larry Lester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0910137609

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The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark,Larry Lester Pdf

Author : Keith B. Wood
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476652276

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The Memphis Red Sox by Keith B. Wood Pdf

This book examines Memphis's symbolic meaning and value as a Negro leagues baseball city during Jim Crow. It locates the main intersections between black professional baseball and the South in the four decades that spanned the modern Negro leagues era and analyzes the racial dynamics in the city through the lens of the Memphis Red Sox, a black-owned and operated organization that stood as a pillar of success. Baseball also provides a way to examine the racial inequalities and issues that pervaded the city in those years. A black-owned stadium served as a forum for political assertion and an arena for real political struggle for blacks in Memphis.

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786430758

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Satchel Paige and Company by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure--arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues history. This collection of papers from the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference focuses on the celebrity of Satchel Paige and the team he is most closely associated with, the Kansas City Monarchs. Accounts of Paige's exploits are scrutinized and the effects of his fame, on both the contemporary perception of black baseball and its depiction in the years since, are discussed.

Author : Varian Johnson,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524790004

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What Were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson,Who HQ Pdf

This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. Author Varian Johnson shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball.

Author : Christopher Hauser
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 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.

Author : Todd Peterson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476636429

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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.

Author : Steven R. Greenes
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,6 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.

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617473

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Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal 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.

Author : Robert Kuhn McGregor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786494408

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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.

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476614281

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Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 6 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.

Author : Larry Powell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,8 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.

Author : Bob Luke
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801891168

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The Baltimore Elite Giants by Bob Luke Pdf

Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses the relationship between the team and major league baseball during integration.

Author : William J. Plott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786475445

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The Negro Southern League by William J. Plott Pdf

The Negro Southern League was a baseball minor league that operated off and on from 1920 to 1951. It served as a valuable feeder system to the Negro National League and the Negro American League. A number of NNL and NAL stars got their start in the NSL, among them five Hall of Famers including Satchel Paige and Willie Mays. During its history, more than 80 teams were members of the league, representing 40 cities in a dozen states. In the end only four teams remained, operating more as semipro than professional teams. This book is a narrative history of the league from its inception with eight teams in major Southern cities until its demise three decades later.