Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
Contents:
Appendix: Rosters of all-Black teams, 1920s and 1930s. They didn't want to play with Fisher / Jay Winer -- Prince Honeycutt and the Fergus Falls Musculars -- Bud Fowler and the Stillwater Nine, 1884 / Dan Cagley -- The Quicksteps duel the Brown Stockings, 1887 -- Drawing the color line on Walter Ball, 1890-1908 / Jim Darn -- Opposing the color line in Minnesota, 1899 -- Bobby Marshall, the legendary first basemen / Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Barnstorming teams, 1909-1920 -- John Wesley Donaldson, a great mound artist ; The mystery of Lefty Wilson / Peter W. Gorton -- Marco Breedlove, big fish in a small pond / Kyle McNary -- A Negro League team in Minnesota, 1942 -- Roy Campanella and the breaking of the color barrier / Ted Genoways -- Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers, 1951 -- Satchel Paige: barnstorming in Minnesota / Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Jackie Robinson visits Minnesota, 1955 -- Toni Stone: a tomboy to remember / Teri Ann Finneman -- Barnstorming Black teams: the end of an era -- Earl Battey and the integration of spring training / Kwame McDonald and Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Bobby Darwin: escape from Watts / Joel A. Rippel -- Dave Winfield: making a name for himself / Kwame McDonald and Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Lyman Bostock, Jr.: death of an outfielder -- Kirby Puckett: all player all the time / Jay Winer -- Appendix: Rosters of all-Black teams, 1920s and 1930s.
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