Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South

Adelson, Bruce

ISBN 10: 0813918847 / ISBN 13: 9780813918846

Edité par University of Virginia Press, 1999

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First Edition, First Printing of this detailed history of the integration of minor league professional baseball in the American South in the 1950s and 1960. Black cloth, 275 pages, illustrated. Minimal sign of previous use. N° de réf. du vendeur 014538

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Titre : Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of ...

Éditeur : University of Virginia Press

Date d'édition : 1999

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

The author of this book argues that the presence of African-American players in the minor baseball leagues of the South represented more than a quest for individual athletic achievement. Simply by being alongside their white team-mates, black players helped to end segregation in the South.