Negro Leagues' Integration Era

by Bo Smolka

The Negro Leagues' Integration Era covers the history of the Negro Leagues, its players' segregation from Major League Baseball, and their eventual integration. Readers will meet owners, players, and managers who were supporters of integration such as Branch Rickey, Bill Veeck, Clay Hopper, and PeeWee Reese, as well as those who held the Color Line such as Kenesaw Landis and Cap Anson. Black players to join the major leagues such as Jackie Robinson,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617835099
• ISBN13: 9781617835094
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Abdo Publishing Company
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8