The Memphis Red Sox : a Negro Leagues history / Keith B. Wood ; foreword by Leslie Heaphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Keith B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Negro leagues--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.

Negro leagues.

Baseball--Social aspects--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.

Baseball.

Racism in sports--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.

Racism in sports.

African American baseball players--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.

African American baseball players.

Memphis Red Sox (Baseball team)--History--20th century.

Memphis Red Sox (Baseball team).

Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Memphis (Tenn.).

Physical Description:

viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]

Summary:

""This book examines Memphis's symbolic meaning and value as a Negro leagues baseball city during Jim Crow. It locates the main points of intersection between black professional baseball and the South in the four decades that spanned the modern Negro leagues era and analyzes the racial dynamics in the city through the lens of the Memphis Red Sox, a black-owned and operated organization that stood as a pillar of success. Baseball also provides a vehicle to examine the racial inequalities and issues that pervaded the city in these same years. A black-owned stadium served as a forum for political assertion and an arena for real political struggle for blacks in Memphis" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Early professional Blackball in Memphis

"Take me out to the ballgame"/ Martin Stadium at Lewis Park

Black owned and operated

The 1938 championship season

Boss Crump ejects J.B. Martin

The boys of summer

Barnstorming

Winterball

The final outs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476693767

1476693765

OCLC:

1412001308

Publisher Number:

99996660030