TY - BOOK AU - Johnson, Varian TI - What were the Negro Leagues? T2 - What was? U1 - 796.35 JOH PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Workshop KW - Negro leagues KW - Juvenile literature KW - History KW - African American baseball players N1 - 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; Ages 8-12 N2 - Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s ER -