Negro League Baseball
Subtitle: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780812238075
Subjects: American studies; Black studies; Sports; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Sports & Recreation; United States - 20th Century; Baseball - History; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Baseball - General; Baseball; History; Negro leagues; United States
First sentence: The unfortunate position of black professional baseball by 1933 reflected the disturbing decline of a once promising enterprise.