Sporting Justice: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars and Black Baseball in Southwestern Ontario, 1915-1958

by Miriam Wright

Although many know about Jackie Robinson's experiences breaking major league baseball's colour barrier in 1947, few are familiar with the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, a Black Canadian team from 1930s Ontario who broke racial barriers in baseball even earlier. In 1933, the All-Stars began playing in the primarily white world of organized amateur baseball. The following year, the All-Stars became the first Black team to win a provincial championship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771125845
• ISBN13: 9781771125840
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"