Shades of glory : the Negro leagues and the story of African-American baseball
Drawing on years of research, Shades of Glory traces the history of black baseball from the 19th century to the first great teams, such as the Cuban Giants, and on to the era of the vibrant barnstorming teams from the East Coast, Chicago, and Cuba. The unparalleled Rube Foster started the first Negro League in 1920, with such dominant teams as the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. Pittsburgh soon produced two of the greatest teams of all time, the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, featuring such stars as Satchel Paige, John Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and many more. Their superb brand of baseball rivaled the best of the major leagues until the historic signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Shades of Glory chronicles a bygone era of black baseball and the stars who were shadowed by racial prejudice, but now shine forth in all their sparkling brilliance. [from publisher description]
Print Book, English, ©2006
National Geographic, Washington, D.C., ©2006
History
xxiii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780792253068, 9781426200335, 079225306X, 1426200331
63136393
Introduction
Early days
Before Jim Crow
The great independents
Organized league ball
The new Negro
Hope for the future
The breakdown
Recovery and demise
Crossing the color line
Forgotten legacy
Negro league statistics
Published in association with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Includes index