Beyond the shadow of the Senators
Subtitle: the untold story of the Homestead Grays and the integration of baseball
By: Brad Snyder.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Homestead Grays (Baseball team) -- History; Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960) -- History; Baseball -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century; African American baseball players -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century; Discrimination in sports -- United States
Description: The story of the lost era between Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, of a crusading journalist, Sam Lacy, an immensely talented black baseball player, Buck Leonard, and a stubborn major league owner Clark Griffith. Tells why the fight to integrate major league baseball in Washington, D.C. and not in Brooklyn, why black Washington ultimately lost the fight, and why the Senators were not the first team to integrate. It's also the story of the greatest baseball dynasty that most people have never heard of, the Homestead Grays.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-403) and index.
Table of contents: title: Between the Babe and Jackie; title: Sam, Buck, and Griffith stadium; title: The Homestead Grays; title: The old fox; title: The Grays come to Washington; title: Satchel Paige saves the Grays; title: Josh the basher; title: Sam's crusade; title: Posey's points; title: The Grays fade to black; title: After the Grays.