num_pages: 139
description: Baseball has been played in America, by whites and blacks, since long before the Civil War. In the years of peace after the war, baseball grew and in 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black man to play in an organized major league when he signed with a team in Toledo, Ohio. His brother, Welday Walker, also played briefly for Toledo. But racial attitudes were such that these black players were soon banned from organized baseball. It was not until the signing of Jackie Robinson some sixty-two years later that America's favorite game was again openly integrated.
language: English
title: The Journal Of Biddy Owens
titlecomplete: The Journal Of Biddy Owens (A Dear America Book)
genres: Juvenile, African American, Diary, Sports, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Baseball, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 319
places: Birmingham, Alabama
series: My Name Is America
publisher: Scholastic