Lawrence D. Hogan

The Forgotten History of African American Baseball (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond. For 100 years, African Americans were barred from playing in the premier baseball leagues of the United States-where only Caucasians were allowed. Talented black athletes until the 1950s were largely limited to only playing in Negro leagues, or possibly playing against white teams in exhibition, post-season play, or barnstorming contests-if it was deemed profitable for the white hosts. Even so, the people and events of Jim Crow baseball had incredible beauty, richness, and quality of play and character. The deep significance of Negro baseball leagues in establishing the texture of American history is an experience that cannot be allowed to slip away and be forgotten. This book takes readers from the origins of African Americans playing the American game of baseball on southern plantations in the pre-Civil War era through Black baseball and America's long era of Jim Crow segregation to the significance of Black baseball within our modern-day, post-Civil Rights Movement perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216086321
• Artikelnr.: 68347225

Autorenporträt

Lawrence D. Hogan is emeritus professor of history at Union County College, Cranford, NJ.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Baseball
and Something More Besides Chapter 1 Coming to Bat in Sundown Baseball Chapter 2 The Beginnings: 19th-Century Blackball Chapter 3 The Age of Great Players Playing for Great Independent Teams
1900-1920 Chapter 4 "New Negroes" in the Midst of American Sport's Golden Age
1920-1930 Chapter 5 The "New Negro" as Baseball Player
1920-1930 Chapter 6 Hard Times for America and for Blackball
1930-1940 Chapter 7 The Seasons of Change
1940-1947 Chapter 8 A History That Is Lost? Stolen? Strayed?
1947-Present Notes Selected Bibliography Index