Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues - Softcover

Rogosin, Donn

 
9781496223395: Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues
Softcover
ISBN 10: 149622339X ISBN 13: 9781496223395
Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR, 2020

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Jackie Robinson was a Negro Leaguer before he became a Major Leaguer.&#160;So too were Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Willie Wells before entering the Baseball Hall of Fame.&#160;<i>Invisible Men</i> is the story of their lives in baseball.&#160;<br><br> The Negro baseball leagues were among the most important Black institutions in segregated America, and the players were known and revered throughout Black America, both north and south. At a time when baseball was America&#8217;s favorite sport, the Negro League players crossed the color barrier to play memorable games with their white Major League counterparts and paved the way for Latin American ballplayers to become part of baseball&#8217;s history.&#160;The Negro Leaguers helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement with their achievements and examples.&#160;<br><br> This remarkable narrative is filled with the memories of many surviving Negro League players. What emerges is a glorious chapter in African American history and an often overlooked aspect of our American past. This edition features a new introduction by the author.<br> &#160;

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<div><div><div><b>Donn Rogosin</b> has produced and written documentaries for public television including the definitive film about the Negro Leagues, <i>There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace</i>, and <i>East Wind, West Wind: Pearl Buck, the Woman Who Embraced the World</i>.&#160;He has been a commentator for NPR&#8217;s <i>Morning Edition</i> and is a past&#160;chairman of the New York State Humanities Council.&#160;He holds a PhD in American studies from the University of Texas. <b>Monte Irvin</b> played eight years in the Negro Leagues and eight years in the Major Leagues. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.<br> &#160;</div></div></div>

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Verlag
UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
149622339X
ISBN 13 
9781496223395
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Anzahl der Seiten
336
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