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
Autor principal: Lamb, Chris, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Racism > United States > History.
African American sportswriters > History.
Sportswriters > United States > History.
Mass media > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Baseball > Social aspects > History.
Sportswriters.
Racism.
Mass media and sports.
Discrimination in sports.
Baseball > Social aspects.
African American sportswriters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Journalistes sportifs noirs americains > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Journalistes sportifs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medias et sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
African American sportswriters > History > 20th century.
Sportswriters > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media and sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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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