Title: When Baseball Went White
Description: "Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947"--
Subjects: Baseball, history, Discrimination in sports, Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877), Baseball, History, Racism in sports, African American baseball players, Social conditions, Race relations, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, United states, history, 19th century, Discrimination