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WHO WAS?

What Were the Negro Leagues?

Varian Johnson

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Format:
Paperback (BC)
ISBN:
9781524789985
Published:
01 Jan 2020
Publisher:
Penguin
Dimensions:
112 pages - 193 x 135 x 6mm
Series:
WHO WAS?

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In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country’s national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the colour of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. Author Varian Johnson shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball.
This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball.
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