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Black writers/black baseball : an anthology of articles from Black sportswriters who covered the Negro leagues / Jim Reisler ; with a foreword by Don Newcombe.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reisler, Jim, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sportswriters--United States--Biography.
- Sportswriters.
- African American sportswriters.
- United States.
- African American sportswriters--Biography.
- Negro leagues--History.
- Negro leagues.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]
- Summary:
- "This revised edition is an anthology of 10 African American sportswriters who covered baseball's Negro Leagues in the first part of the 20th century. Writing for black weekly newspapers, they faced discrimination to endless travel. Through their writings, the public were given an up-close, inside look at the day-to-day happenings of Negro League baseball"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Sam Lacy: a legend
- Wendell Smith: the best of his generation
- Frank A. Young: Chicago's boss of the sports world
- Joe Bostic: a crusader of his time
- Chester L. Washington: from writer to millionaire
- Dr. W. Rollo Wilson: the Red Smith of his day
- Dan Burley: the most versatile black journalist of his generation
- Ed Harris: a brief star
- Romeo Dougherty: a poet of press row
- A.S. "Doc" Young: "always thinking of something".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786429073
- 0786429070
- OCLC:
- 83977469
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