Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary

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by Michael E. Lomax

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Here is the first in-depth account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. In the late nineteenth century resourceful black businessmen founded ball teams that became the Negro Leagues. Racial bias aside, they faced vast odds, from the need to court white sponsors to negotiating ball parks. With no blacks in cities, they barnstormed small towns to attract fans, employing all manner...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815607865

ISBN13:9780815607861

Release Date:April 2003

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.2"

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African-American Studies Baseball History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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