Under Jackie's Shadow : Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind / Mitchell Nathanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathanson, Mitchell, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American baseball players--Biography.

African American baseball players.

Minor league baseball--United States--History.

Minor league baseball.

Discrimination in sports--United States--History.

Discrimination in sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post-Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind even as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Mickey Bowers

2. Milt Kelly

3. Edgar Pate

4. Moe Hill

5. Leroy Reams

6. Aaron Pointer

7. Ron Allen

8. Robert Kelly

9. Roland Hardson

10. John Thompson

11. Glenn Sterling

12. Wil Aaron

13. Chuck Stone

Afterword

Appendix.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Nathanson, Mitchell Under Jackie's Shadow

ISBN:

9781496239150