The Resource They played for the love of the game : untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota, Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield
They played for the love of the game : untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota, Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield
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- Summary
- "This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 194 pages
- Contents
-
- Foreword by Dave Winfield
- Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century
- Black baseball: gophers and keystones
- Creating their own league
- Promises, challenges, and the Great Depression
- The end of the color barrier in organized baseball
- but barriers still exist
- The decline of Black baseball and the rise of fast-pitch softball
- The end of an era
- Extra innings
- They passed here along the way: African American and Latino players on Minnesota's minor league clubs
- Isbn
- 9781681340043
- Label
- They played for the love of the game : untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota
- Title
- They played for the love of the game
- Title remainder
- untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- White, Frank M.
- Dewey number
- 796.35709776
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV863.M6
- LC item number
- W55 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Baseball
- African American baseball players
- Negro leagues
- Discrimination in sports
- Baseball
- Label
- They played for the love of the game : untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota, Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 125-182) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword by Dave Winfield -- Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century -- Black baseball: gophers and keystones -- Creating their own league -- Promises, challenges, and the Great Depression -- The end of the color barrier in organized baseball -- but barriers still exist -- The decline of Black baseball and the rise of fast-pitch softball -- The end of an era -- Extra innings -- They passed here along the way: African American and Latino players on Minnesota's minor league clubs
- Control code
- ocn930683655
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681340043
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015042161
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- They played for the love of the game : untold stories of Black baseball in Minnesota, Frank M. White ; foreword by Dave Winfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 125-182) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword by Dave Winfield -- Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century -- Black baseball: gophers and keystones -- Creating their own league -- Promises, challenges, and the Great Depression -- The end of the color barrier in organized baseball -- but barriers still exist -- The decline of Black baseball and the rise of fast-pitch softball -- The end of an era -- Extra innings -- They passed here along the way: African American and Latino players on Minnesota's minor league clubs
- Control code
- ocn930683655
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681340043
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015042161
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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