Southern League
Subtitle: a true story of baseball, civil rights, and the deep South's most compelling pennant race
By: Larry Colton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grand Central Pub.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781455511884
Subjects: Southern League (Baseball league : 1885-1899); Birmingham Barons (Baseball team); Minor league baseball; Baseball; Discrimination in sports; History
Description: The story of Alabama's first-ever integrated sports team--the Barons of baseball's Southern League--tracing its 1964 season and the heat of Birmingham and its citizens during a tumultuous year.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311) and index.