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Before Brooklyn : the unsung heroes who helped break baseball's color barrier / Ted Reinstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reinstein, Ted, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Negro league--History.
- Negro league.
- African American baseball players--History.
- African American baseball players.
- Baseball--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Baseball.
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Baseball--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in major league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sundays. The Red Sox got the councilmans much-needed vote, but the tryout was a sham; the three players would get no closer to the major leagues. It was a lost battle in a war that was ultimately won by Robinson in 1947. This book tells the story of the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, from communist newspaper reporters to the Pullman car porters who saw to it that black newspapers espousing integration in professional sports reached the homes of blacks throughout the country.
- Contents:
- 1 The American Pastime Takes Root (and Even Looks Like America for a While) p. 1
- 2 The White Lines Become a Wall p. 13
- 3 Separate, Not Equal p. 41
- 4 A Broke Nation, a Busted League, a New Beginning p. 65
- 5 A City Steps Up, Two Stars Stand Out p. 83
- 6 Power of the (Black) Press p. 107
- 7 Porters, New Yorkers, and a Tireless Lefty p. 135
- 8 Free Enough to Die p. 155
- 9 Rounding Third, Heading Home p. 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Reinstein, Ted. Before Brooklyn
- ISBN:
- 9781493051229
- 1493051229
- Publisher Number:
- 99988909658
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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