Out of left field : Jews and Black baseball
Alpert, Rebecca TAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
An eye-opening look at one of baseball's little known stories the relationship between Jews & Black baseball in Jim Crow America, this text explores how Jewish sports entrepreneurs political radicals & a team of black Jews called the Belleville Grays made their mark on the segregated world of the Negro Leagues.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
An eye-opening look at one of baseball's little known stories the relationship between Jews & Black baseball in Jim Crow America, this text explores how Jewish sports entrepreneurs political radicals & a team of black Jews called the Belleville Grays made their mark on the segregated world of the Negro Leagues.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Baseball was America -- The business of Black baseball before World War II -- World War II and the advancement of Black baseball -- The conflict over comedy baseball -- The Jewish contribution to ending Jim Crow baseball -- Enter Jackie Robinson.
Baseball
Racism in sports
African Americans
Social Sciences
Recreation & Sports