Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues - Couverture souple

Rogosin, Donn

 
9780803259690: Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803259697 ISBN 13 : 9780803259690
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Synopsis

In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier and became a hero for black and white Americans, yet Robinson was a Negro League player before he integrated Major League baseball. Negro League ballplayers had been thrilling black fans since 1920. Among them were the legendary pitchers Smoky Joe Williams, whose fastball seemed to “come off a mountain top,” Satchel Paige, the ageless wonder who pitched for five decades, and such hitters as Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard, “the Ruth and Gehrig of the Negro Leagues.” Although their games were ignored by white-owned newspapers and radio stations, black ballplayers became folk heroes in cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC, where the teams drew large crowds and became major contributors to the local community life. This memorable narrative, filled with the memories of many surviving Negro League players, pulls the veil off these “invisible men” who were forced into the segregated leagues. What emerges is a glorious chapter in African American history and an often overlooked aspect of our American past.

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À propos de l?auteur

Donn Rogosin has been a public television executive and an independent producer of documentaries. He wrote for the acclaimed documentary There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace, a film on Negro League baseball, and is currently working on a Brazilian music program for television. Monte Irvin played eight years in the Negro Leagues and eight years in the Major Leagues. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803259697
ISBN 13 
9780803259690
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
302
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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