Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier

By Ted Reinstein

Book Overview

In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sunday...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493051210
• ISBN13: 9781493051212
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"