Conspiracy of Silence : Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball /

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The campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930s and 1940s. But most of white America knew nothing about this story because mainstream newspapers said little about the color line and less about the efforts to end it. Even today, as far as most Amer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamb, Chris, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1900-1999
Baseball > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media and sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Sportswriters > United States > History > 20th century.
African American sportswriters > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médias et sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Journalistes sportifs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Journalistes sportifs noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American sportswriters.
Baseball > Social aspects.
Discrimination in sports.
Mass media and sports.
Racism.
Sportswriters.
Baseball > Social aspects > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Mass media > United States > History.
Sportswriters > United States > History.
African American sportswriters > History.
Racism > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • White sportswriters and minstrel shows
  • The color line is drawn
  • Invisible men
  • "Agitators" and "social-minded drum beaters" / written with Kelly Rusinack
  • "L'affaire Jake Powell"
  • Major league managers and ballplayers call for end of color line
  • The double V campaign
  • "The great white father" speaks
  • Black editors make their case for desegregation
  • "Get those niggers off the field"
  • Robinson becomes the chosen one
  • "I never want to take another trip like this one."

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