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Author:

Myers, Walter Dean

Title:

The Journal Of Biddy Owens

Publisher:

Scholastic

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

141 p.

Subject:

Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)- Juvenile fiction
Afro-Americans-Juvenile fiction
Negro Leagues- Juvenile fiction
Afro- Americans- Juvenile fiction
Segregation-Juvenile fiction

Notes:

Acc. # 39758

Summary:

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.

LCCN:

00044667

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