The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues /
Myers, Walter Dean
The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers. - New York : Scholastic Inc, 2001. - 141 p. - My name is America .
Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player.
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Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)--Fiction
Baseball--Fiction
Negro leagues--Fiction
Afro-Americans--Fiction
Segregation--Fiction
Prejudices--Fiction
Diaries--Fiction
The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers. - New York : Scholastic Inc, 2001. - 141 p. - My name is America .
Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player.
0439095034
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)--Fiction
Baseball--Fiction
Negro leagues--Fiction
Afro-Americans--Fiction
Segregation--Fiction
Prejudices--Fiction
Diaries--Fiction