Paul D. White

Cooperstown's Back Door

A History of Negro Leaguers in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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Produktbeschreibung

For over 60 years, the color barrier excluded Black ballplayers from the major leagues, forcing them to form their own teams and leagues. After Jackie Robinson broke down that barrier, Black players faced another: the barrier to the Hall of Fame. At the time of the founding of the Hall of Fame, segregation was firmly entrenched in baseball, and it was defended by the same power brokers who kept the Hall successful with their support. The fight for the recognition that Black players had earned on the field lasted nearly as long as the color barrier itself. This book presents the full history of that fight: the exclusion of Black players for so many years, the many efforts to fix that, and the fights for Hall of Fame recognition of the Negro Leagues that are still ongoing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781476693545
• ISBN-10: 1476693544
• Artikelnr.: 72096551

Autorenporträt

Paul White is member of the Society for American Baseball Research, has written for SABR's BioProject and Games Project and is the editor of the Lost In Left Field newsletter. He lives in the suburbs of Kansas City.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1.
Why Cooperstown?
2.
The White Men at the Top
3.
Integration
4.
Foot Dragging
5.
Change
6.
The Back Door
7.
The First Wave
8.
Back to Obscurity
9.
The Second Wave 10.
The Second Special Committee 11.
Over It 12.
Another Effort, More Hope Epilogue Acknowledgments Chapter Notes Bibliography Index