TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myers,Walter Dean
TI  - The journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro leagues 
SN  - 0439095034
AV  - PZ7.M992 Ji 2001
U1  - [Fic] 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Negro Leagues
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Segregation
KW  - Prejudices
KW  - Diaries
N1  - "A Dear America book"--Cover; School Library Journal, April 2001; Booklist, February 2001; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2001; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2001; Kirkus Review, March 2001; 6.2; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues
ER  -