Play harder : the triumph of black baseball in America / Gerald Early, National Baseball Hall of Fame ; foreword by Dave Winfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Early, Gerald Lyn, author.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, author.

Contributor:

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, author.

Winfield, Dave, 1951- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American baseball players--History.

African American baseball players.

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball.

Racism in sports--United States--History.

Racism in sports.

Discrimination in sports--United States--History.

Discrimination in sports.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Physical Description:

xii, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Triumph of black baseball in America

Place of Publication:

California ; New York : Ten Speed Press, [2025]

Summary:

"An illustrated and authoritative presentation of Black baseball figures throughout the history of the game, by renowned cultural historian and professor Dr. Gerald Early, with archival photos from the National Baseball Hall of Fame"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by Dave Winfield

Introduction

Children, go where I send thee : the beginnings of black baseball, 1865-1910

Spotlight: Sol White : black baseball's first historian

The new negro and the leagues, 1920-1945

Spotlight: Barnstorming black baseball

Spotlight: The all-American boy and black baseball fans in Washington

Mr. Robinson's neighborhood : the rise of integration, 1945-1960

Spotlight: Effa Manley : the woman who told Jackie Robinson he was wrong

Spotlight: Toni Stone : in search of our mothers' playing fields

The black player meets the brown player, 1930s-1960s

The time has come : black baseball players and the civil rights struggle, 1960-1970

Spotlight: The white sportswriter's scrutiny of the black player

Free agency and the quest for leadership, 1970s-1990s

Spotlight: Vida Blue tells Charlie Finley, "That's not my name"

Spotlight: The rise and fall of the black boy wonders : Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry

The nightcap : black people and baseball, from the 1990s to today

Spotlight: Here comes Mr. Jordan

Spotlight: Wrecking stadiums and repping cities : hip-hop remixes the sonic landscape of baseball

Notes

Authors and contributors

Acknowledgments

Photo credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-292) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Play harder

ISBN:

9781984863225

1984863223

OCLC:

1450720742

Publisher Number:

90101959678