What were the Negro Leagues? /
Johnson, Varian,
What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. - 108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - What were...? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 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.
5.9 3-6 1030L Lexile W Fountas
9781524789992 9781524789985 9781544439853 1524789992 1524789984 1544439857
2019030687
Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball players.
African Americans.
Baseball--History.
GV863.A1 / J66 2019
796.357 JOH
What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. - 108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - What were...? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 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.
5.9 3-6 1030L Lexile W Fountas
9781524789992 9781524789985 9781544439853 1524789992 1524789984 1544439857
2019030687
Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball players.
African Americans.
Baseball--History.
GV863.A1 / J66 2019
796.357 JOH