What were the Negro Leagues? /
Johnson, Varian.
What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. - New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019] - 108 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - What was? . - What was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108).
What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Crawfords and the Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
"This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. [This book] shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball"--OCLc.
5.9. 3-6 Follett Content Solutions.
9781524789985
2019030687
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball players.
African Americans.
Baseball--History.--United States
GV863.A1 / J66 2019
796.357/089/96/073
What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. - New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019] - 108 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - What was? . - What was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108).
What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Crawfords and the Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
"This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. [This book] shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball"--OCLc.
5.9. 3-6 Follett Content Solutions.
9781524789985
2019030687
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball players.
African Americans.
Baseball--History.--United States
GV863.A1 / J66 2019
796.357/089/96/073