Black Baseball in New York City

An Illustrated History, 1885-1959

Larry Lester (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476670461 (ISBN)

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For the first time, witness and read about New York's most prominent black teams, from post Civil War days through the late 1950s. Discover the greatness of teams like the Cuban Giants, Lincoln Stars/Giants, and Brooklyn's original Bums, the Royal Giants, the Brown Dodgers and the Eagles; and Manhattan's Black Yankees, the Cubans and the early integration days of Major League teams.

Covering the post-Civil War period through the 1950s, this richly illustrated--300 photographs!--history examines black baseball in and around New York City, focusing on its economic impact and cultural legacy. The author documents such famed teams as the Cuban Giants, Lincoln Stars/Giants, Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, and Brooklyn Royal Giants, along with a number of other historically important clubs, as well as the integration of Major League Baseball's Dodgers, Yankees and Giants.

The photos include rare images of Willie Wells, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Minnie Minoso, Monte Irvin, Martin Dihigo, Pete Hill, Rap Dixon and Cannonball Redding, among many others.

Noted Negro League historian Larry Lester is the author of eight books and contributor to more then 175 books, theses, and articles on black sports history. He is a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder and has long served as chairman of the SABR Negro Leagues Committee. Since 1998, he has organized the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, the only scholarly gathering devoted to the history of black baseball. Lester was a 2016 recipient of SABR’s Henry Chadwick Award, honoring baseball’s greatest researchers, and a year later received the Bob Davids Award, SABR’s highest honor. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment

Preface

Early Days of Black Baseball in New York

1. Cuban Giants, 1885–1899

2. Lincoln Stars, 1914–1916

Eastern Colored League

3. Brooklyn Royal Giants, 1905–1927

4. Cuban Stars (East), 1917–1932

5. Lincoln Giants, 1911–1930

Negro National League

6. New York Black Yankees, 1932–1950

7. New York Cubans, 1935–1936, 1939–1950

Brooklyn’s Best Bums

8. Brooklyn Eagles, 1935

9. Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, 1945–1946

10. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947–1957

New York’s Sugar Hill Teams

11. New York Giants, 1949–1957

12. New York Yankees, 1955–1959

Faux New York Teams

13. Harlem Globetrotters

14. New York Black Travelers

15. Harlem Stars

East-West All-Stars Representing New York–Based Teams

New York State Cemeteries

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Zusatzinfo	302 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781476670461 / 9781476670461
Zustand	Neuware