Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South

Adelson, Bruce

ISBN 10: 0813918847 / ISBN 13: 9780813918846

Published by University of Virginia Press, 1999

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing of this detailed history of the integration of minor league professional baseball in the American South in the 1950s and 1960. Black cloth, 275 pages, illustrated. Minimal sign of previous use. Seller Inventory # 014538

Bibliographic Details

Title: Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of ...

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The author of this book argues that the presence of African-American players in the minor baseball leagues of the South represented more than a quest for individual athletic achievement. Simply by being alongside their white team-mates, black players helped to end segregation in the South.

About the Author:

Bruce Adelson is author, with Rod Beaton, of The Minor League Baseball Book and of four children's sports books. A past commentator for NPR, he has written about baseball for the Washington Post, USA Today's Baseball Weekly, Sport Magazine, and Baseball America.