{"product_id":"the-negro-leagues-1869-1960-9780786475216","title":"The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960","description":"\u003cp\u003e At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, \"Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing.... We loved the game.... But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues.\" The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in baseball but from their earliest days the players were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the 19th century and the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progresses through the \"Gentleman's Agreement\" in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 is covered and various aspects of the game for the players discussed (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, difficulties because of race, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America). In 1960, the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There are many stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the U.S. and Latin America, along with photos, appendices, notes, bibliography and index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie A. Heaphy\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in Canton, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160209944850,"sku":"9780786475216","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d6a227d-36a1-4f72-b79b-e9a29a7d9360.jpg?v=1775040852","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-negro-leagues-1869-1960-9780786475216","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}