100+ Page Biographies of Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees with Information That Will Never Go Out of Date Shut out of the major leagues, African American players picked up games wherever they could until the official Negro leagues were started. Featuring information that will never go out of date, these six biographies paint the racial and political landscape of the first half of the last century, while featuring the life stories of some of the Negro leagues'--indeed, all of baseball's--greatest players. Meet Buck Leonard, ...
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100+ Page Biographies of Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees with Information That Will Never Go Out of Date Shut out of the major leagues, African American players picked up games wherever they could until the official Negro leagues were started. Featuring information that will never go out of date, these six biographies paint the racial and political landscape of the first half of the last century, while featuring the life stories of some of the Negro leagues'--indeed, all of baseball's--greatest players. Meet Buck Leonard, one of America's greatest baseball players, who missed worldwide fame and glory simply because of his color. Teens who may not be aware that segregation laws in the first half of twentieth-century America prohibited African Americans from participating in major league baseball will learn about the racial and political landscape of America during this time, providing a context for the story of one of the most gracious--and greatest--baseball players who ever lived.
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