What were the Negro Leagues?
Johnson, Varian
What were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi - New York Penguin Workshop 2019. - 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 20 cm - What was? .
What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
Ages 8-12
796.35 JOH
What were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi - New York Penguin Workshop 2019. - 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 20 cm - What was? .
What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
Ages 8-12
796.35 JOH