Under Jackie's shadow : voices of Black minor leaguers baseball left behind / Mitchell Nathanson ; illustrated by Jackie Nathanson.
Title:
Under Jackie's shadow : voices of Black minor leaguers baseball left behind / Mitchell Nathanson ; illustrated by Jackie Nathanson.
ISBN:
9781496237170
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
xxvii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Mickey Bowers -- Milt Kelly -- Edgar Pate -- Moe Hill -- Leroy Reams -- Aaron Pointer -- Ron Allen -- Robert Kelly -- Roland Hardson -- John Thompson -- Glenn Sterling -- Wil Aaron -- Chuck Stone
Summary:
"Oral histories of Black minor league baseball players who played in the post-Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness." -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1395425263
Availability:
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