Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues - Softcover

McKissack, Patricia C.; McKissack, Fredrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059068213X ISBN 13: 9780590682138

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

Traces the history of the Negro leagues that evolved due to segregation in professional baseball up to the 1950s

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia and Fredrick McKissack are the authors of numerous award-winning books, including REBELS AGAINST SLAVERY: AMERICAN SLAVE REVOLTS and BLACK HANDS, WHITE SAILS: THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WHALERS, both Coretta Scott King Honor Books, and SOJOURNER TRUTH: AIN’T I A WOMAN? a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack live in St. Louis, Missouri. John McKissack resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

From Booklist:

Gr. 6-10. This book goes far beyond the few familiar photographs and names most readers associate with the Negro Baseball Leagues, and it makes the trip in style. We discover, for example, that George Washington's troops were "batting balls and running bases" and that the nineteenth-century relationship between baseball and race was more diverse than many young readers may realize. The McKissacks carefully record the differences of opinion about some events and the difficulty of finding source material. Oral histories from surviving players add startling depth to descriptions of conditions of play and travel, and Jackie Robinson's entry into major league ball becomes a richer and more complicated moment because the authors show where Robinson came from (and how) in addition to where he went. A player roster will be helpful to students, and a time line carefully weaves together the sports world and the world of lynchings, race riots, the Civil War, and the incandescent electric lamp. Mary Harris Veeder

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 059068213X
• ISBN 13: 9780590682138
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192