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African American baseball players African American baseball players Biography African American baseball players Juvenile literature Baseball Baseball Tennessee Memphis History 20th century Baseball United States History Juvenile literature Negro leagues Negro leagues History Negro leagues History Juvenile literature United StatesJohnson, Varian
Summary: Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk His What JohnsonWilliams, Andrea
Summary: "The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MANSummary: Celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the 20th century, exploring Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and a showcase for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while exposing unintended consequences of the sport's integration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LEAHogan, Lawrence D.
Contents: Introduction -- Early days -- Before Jim Crow -- The great independents -- Organized league ball -- The new Negro -- Hope for the future -- The breakdown -- Recovery and demise -- Crossing the color line -- Forgotten legacy -- Negro league statistics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.3576 HOGPeters, Gregory N.
Summary: "Describes the history of the Negro Leagues, the only option for African-American baseball players until the color barrier was broken in the late 1940s"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J 796.357 PETBrashler, William.
Summary: The story of the teams and men who played in the Negro leagues from about 1890 until 1947 when major league baseball was closed to blacks and latinos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ticknor & Fields 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 BRANelson, Kadir.
Summary: Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 NELPerron, Cam
Summary: "The extraordinary, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron--a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston--and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition andcompensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 PERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.3576 PERBeer, Jeremy.
Summary: The biography of Oscar Charleston, a Negro Leagues legend and one of baseball's greatest and most unjustifiably overlooked players.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHARLESTON, OSCAR BEELester, Larry.
Summary: Chronicles the history of the various teams and players that spent time in the "Motor city." From the aftermath of the First World War, through the Jazz Age and Prohibition, the Great Depression, and through the 1950s, the history of the Negro Leagues parallels the history of Black America, from segregation to full inclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 LESWithers, Ernest C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2004