Only the ball was white a history of legendary Black players and all-Black professional teams

Telling the forgotten story of black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball, this book reconstructs the old Negro Leagues from contemporary sports publications, accounts of games in the black press, and through interviews with men who actually played the game

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1992, 1992
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Telling the forgotten story of black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball, this book reconstructs the old Negro Leagues from contemporary sports publications, accounts of games in the black press, and through interviews with men who actually played the game
Item Description:Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1970. - Includes index
Physical Description:406 p. ill
ISBN:9780199853786