TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Varian
AU  - Marchesi,Stephen
TI  - What were the Negro Leagues?
T2  - What were...?
SN  - 9781524789992
AV  - GV863.A1 J66 2019
U1  - 796.357 JOH 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop
KW  - Negro leagues
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - African American baseball players
KW  - Baseball
KW  - United States
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - African Americans
N1  - 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; 5.9; 3-6; 1030L; Lexile; W; Fountas
N2  - 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
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