The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues: Essays and Research for Overdue Recognition

by Joe Posnanski, Adrian Burgos Jr., Larry Lester, et al.

Book Overview

The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues is a unique introduction to the history of the segregation of professional baseball, telling the story of the Negro Leagues while simultaneously recounting how researchers, statisticians, and historians rebuilt and rediscovered the history of Black baseball that was pushed into obscurity in the wake of Jackie Robinson and integration. Recent examinations of the partially rebuilt statistical record led scholars,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1970159634
• ISBN13: 9781970159639
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"