Cover of Negro Leagues baseball

Book 2012

Negro Leagues baseball

Publisher
Greenwood
Language
English
Published
2012
  • Baseball
  • History
  • Negro leagues
  • Discrimination in sports

"This book traces the entire story of black baseball, documenting the growth of the Negro Leagues at a time when segregation dictated that the major leagues were strictly white, and explaining how the drive to integrate the sport was a pivotal part of the American civil rights movement"--