Negro Leagues baseball
By: Roger A. Bruns
Series: Landmarks of the American mosaic
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313386480; 9780313386497
Subjects: Baseball; History; Negro leagues; Discrimination in sports; African American baseball players
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.