Title: One man out
Description: "When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969, he sent shock waves ... that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. Flood challenged the game's reserve-clause system that bound players to teams as if they were property"--From the publisher's description.
Subjects: Trials, litigation, African American baseball players, Law and legislation, Baseball, Discrimination in sports, Antitrust law, Biography, Sports, law and legislation, Sports, united states, African americans, biography, Baseball, biography
Places: United States
People: Curt Flood (1938-1997)