They Played for the Love of the Game : Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota /

"This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histori...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: White, Frank M. (Sports Administrator)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Negro leagues.
Discrimination in sports.
Baseball.
African American baseball players.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Discrimination dans les sports > Minnesota > Histoire.
Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Minnesota > Histoire.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs americains > Minnesota > Histoire.
Baseball > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > Minnesota > History.
Negro leagues > Minnesota > History.
African American baseball players > Minnesota > History.
Baseball > Minnesota > History.
United States.
Minnesota.
Minnesota > Authors.
History.
Minnesota author.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword by Dave Winfield
  • Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century
  • Black baseball: gophers and keystones
  • Creating their own league
  • Promises, challenges, and the Great Depression
  • The end of the color barrier in organized baseball
  • but barriers still exist
  • The decline of Black baseball and the rise of fast-pitch softball
  • The end of an era
  • Extra innings
  • They passed here along the way: African American and Latino players on Minnesota's minor league clubs.

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