num_pages: 273
description: The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped baseballs color line to much fanfare but integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once-vibrant Negro Leagues and often subjected Latin players to Jim Crow racism. Today Major League Baseball tightens its grasp around the Caribbeans burgeoning baseball academies while at home it embracesand exploitsthe legacy of the Negro Leagues. Award-winning historian Rob Ruck explains the catalyst for this sea change while breaking down the consequences that cut across society. By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning baseball has never been stronger as a business never weaker as a game.
language: English
title: Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
publisher: Beacon Press