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• The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues

  Historians Reappraise Black Baseball

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  The authors document the often duplicitous manner in which MLB has dealt with the legacy of the Negro Leagues, and an appendix includes the scores and statistics from every known contest between Negro League and Major League teams.

• The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell

  Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues

  Wheeler, Lonnie,

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  Documents the life of a Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and the ways Major League Baseball's race barriers impacted his career.

• Before Brooklyn

  the Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier

  Reinstein, Ted,

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  Tells the story of the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, from communist newspaper reporters to the Pullman car porters who ensured the delivery of black newspapers espousing integration in professional sports.

• Comeback Season

  My Unlikely Story of Friendship With the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players

  Perron, Cam, 1994-

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  An award-winning sports writer describes his teenage correspondences with several surviving former Negro League players, sharing remarkable stories about how their days on the field were impacted by racism, the KKK, and major league color barriers.

• Black Baseball's Last Team Standing

  the Birmingham Black Barons, 1919-1962

  Plott, William J,

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  Chronicles the history of the Birmingham Black Barons, a nationally known team in baseball's Negro leagues from 1920 through 1962 who played in the final Negro Leagues World Series in 1948.

• Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays

  a Biography of the Negro League's Owner and Hall of Famer

  Overmyer, James,

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  Tells the story of Cumberland Posey, who is one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls: the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

• Black Baseball, 1858-1900

  a Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

  Brunson, James E. (James Edward), 1954-

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  Takes a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime of baseball from 1858 through 1900, providing team rosters and histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated, and more.

• Biz Mackey, a Giant Behind the Plate

  the Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher

  Westcott, Rich,

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  Using archival materials and interviews with former Negro League players, baseball historian Rich Westcott chronicles the catcher’s life and remarkable career and provides an in-depth look at Philadelphia Negro League history.

• Oscar Charleston

  the Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player

  Beer, Jeremy,

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  Introduces readers to one of America's forgotten athletes who, due to his combined record as a player, manager and scout, is considered the most accomplished figure in black baseball history.

• Queen of the Negro Leagues

  Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

  Overmyer, James

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  Honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing female co-owner of baseball's Newark Eagles, including new details about the Negro Leagues, Manley's induction into the Hall of Fame, and previously-unknown information about her childhood and family.

• The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues

  Essays and Research for Overdue Recognition

  Kendrick, Bob

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  An introduction to the history of the segregation of professional baseball, telling the story of the Negro Leagues while simultaneously recounting how researchers, statisticians, and historians rebuilt and rediscovered the history of Black baseball.

• Negro League Baseball

  The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution

  Lanctot, Neil

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  Presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era.

• Invisible Men

  Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues

  Rogosin, Donn

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  Based on five years of research that included interviews with surviving Negro league players, this fact- and anecdote-filled account recreates the world of such legendary figures as Satchel Paige and Buck Leonard.

• Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues

  Holway, John B.

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  The foremost historian of the "blackball" era spent nearly ten years researching this acclaimed oral history, interviewing 17 outstanding players including Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells.

• The Forgotten League

  A History of Negro League Baseball

  Foster, Frank

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  Traces the history of the league from the early days of Professional Black Baseball and the formation of leagues to Post-Integration decline.

• Cuban Star

  How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball

  Burgos, Adrian, 1969-

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  Shares the lesser-known story of Negro League team owner Alex Pompez's founding of a notorious Harlem numbers racket as part of his efforts to finance the New York Cubans, describing his role in retaining the team throughout integration.

• Of Monarchs and Black Barons

  Essays on Baseball's Negro Leagues

  Riley, James A.

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  Based on forty years of research and interviews with surviving participants and observers, these essays preserve a crucial time in our country's history and provide a new perspective on the Negro Leagues.

• Satchel

  The Life and Times of an American Legend

  Tye, Larry

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  A portrait of the Negro League pitcher evaluates the role of discrimination in limiting his career, covering such topics as his near-defeat of a young Joe DiMaggio and the Jim Crow biases that prevented his signing with the big leagues.

• Curveball

  The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League

  Ackmann, Martha

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  Recounts the story of Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball on men's teams and reveals how far passion, pride, and determination can take one person in pursuit of a dream.

• Black Barons of Birmingham

  The South's Greatest Negro League Team and Its Players

  Powell, Larry

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  Emphasizes the accomplishments within the organized black leagues of the 1920s through 1947, the year Robinson broke the color line, and covers the Black Barons of subsequent decades, and the fortunate few who made it to the major leagues.