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When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime
Ryan A. Swanson
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| #1935658 in Books | 2014-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x6.50 x1.00l,1.22 | File type: PDF | 272 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Must Read on Baseball and Segregation|By Dr. W. Terry Lindley|Baseball’s segregation has generally been linked to the so-called “gentleman’s agreement” of 1887. Both Jules Tygiel and Leslie A. Heaply accept this interpretation. While Tygiel mentions an earlier understanding from the 1870s, he asserts that it died when that association disbanded in 18||
"A boon to scholars of both the early development of baseball and race relations after the Civil War."—Library Journal
The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 is one that most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of ...
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