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100 1 0 _aMyers, Walter Dean
245 1 0 _aThe journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues /
_cby Walter Dean Myers.
260 0 _aNew York :
_bScholastic Inc,
_c2001.
300 _a141 p.
440 0 _aMy name is America
500 _aIncludes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues
520 _aTeenager 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.
650 _aBirmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
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650 _aBaseball
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650 4 _aNegro leagues
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650 4 _aAfro-Americans
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650 4 _aSegregation
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650 4 _aPrejudices
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650 4 _aDiaries
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