Chris Lamb

Conspiracy of Silence

Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball

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Produktbeschreibung

Chris Lamb, a professor of journalism at the Indiana University School of Journalism, Indianapolis, is the author of Blackout: The Story of Jackie Robinson¿s First Spring Training, available in a Bison Books edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780803210769
• ISBN-10: 0803210760
• Artikelnr.: 34747580

Autorenporträt

Chris Lamb is chair of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Indiana University–Indianapolis. He is the editor, author, or coauthor of eleven books, including Sports Journalism: A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology (Nebraska, 2020), From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line (Nebraska, 2016), and Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training (Nebraska, 2004).      

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Part 1
1.  White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows
Part 2
2. The Color Line Is Drawn       
3.  Invisible Men
4. “Agitators” and “Social-Minded Drum Beaters”
(written with Kelly Rusinack) 
Part 3
5. “L’affaire Jake Powell”
6.  Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line     
Part 4
7.  The Double V Campaign   
8.  “The Great White Father” Speaks
9.  Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation 
10. “Get Those Niggers Off the Field”   
Part 5
11.  Robinson Becomes the Chosen One
Part 6
12.  “I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One”
Notes
Bibliography
Index