negro leagues

Covers the history of the Negro Leagues, its players' segregation from Major League Baseball, and their eventual integration.

Eleven-year-old Thomas talks his grandfather into driving all the way across Florida to meet Coco Grimes, an old man who remembers Negro League baseball, but the actual encounter proves to be bittersweet.

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

A history of the Negro Leagues which flourished as a result of discrimination against black baseball players in the early 20th century.

Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses; and including illustrations.

Eleven-year-old Tank and his older brother Jimbo, who both love baseball, can't believe their good fortune when Josh Gibson, home-run king of the Homestead Grays, stays at their house during a series in Nashville.

Presents an illustrated history of the Negro baseball leagues and chronicles the triumphs and hardships from it's beginnings after the Civil War until the mid-1950s.