The Black Press and Black Baseball, 1915-1955: A Devil's Bargain

by Brian Carroll

Book Overview

This book brings into dramatic relief the dilemma, or devil's bargain, that faced the black press in first building up black baseball, then crusading for the sport's integration and, as a result of that largely successful campaign, ultimately encouraging and even ensuring the demise of those same black leagues. Taking a thematic approach, this book focuses each of its chapters on a singular event or phenomenon from and for each decade of the period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138887854
• ISBN13: 9781138887855
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"