Disc 2: Integration and the Negro Leagues. Drawing the color line -- Black ball goes pro -- Rube Foster: A baseball lifer -- The Negro National League -- The Eastern Colored League -- Disc 2: The troubled twenties -- Making a way out of no way -- The East-West Classic -- Surviving the Great Depression -- The Negro American League -- Integration and the Negro Leagues.
Summary:
"A Pastime of Their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball is your chance to delve into this fascinating history. Taught by Professor Louis Moore of Grand Valley State University, these 12 scintillating lectures take you onto the field and into the smoky back rooms of the business world as Black athletes and entrepreneurs created a thriving world of Black American baseball teams and leagues."--Publisher's description.
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