Foreword by Dave Winfield -- Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century -- Black baseball: gophers and keystones -- Creating their own league -- Promises, challenges, and the Great Depression -- The end of the color barrier in organized baseball -- but barriers still exist -- The decline of Black baseball and the rise of fast-pitch softball -- The end of an era -- Extra innings -- They passed here along the way: African American and Latino players on Minnesota's minor league clubs.
Summary:
"This book recovers the nearly lost history of the segregation-era array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.