Black Baseball and Chicago
Subtitle: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues Most Important City
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Co.
Published: July 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780786426744
Subjects: Baseball; Black studies; History of specific subjects; Sports & Recreation; General; Baseball - History; Sports; Illinois; History; Baseball - Essays & Writings; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African American baseball players; Chicago; Negro leagues
Description: ""Founded in 1920, the Negro National League comprised teams throughout the Midwest, but the league's groundwork was laid in one city--Chicago. This work presents notable papers delivered at the 2005 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Chicago. The work offers a cohesive history of Chicago's long relationship with Black baseball"--Provided by publisher.