Carrying Jackie's Torch : The Players Who Integrated Baseball-And America
(eBook)

English

"A valuable new book. -The New York Times "An important work for all baseball fans and historians." -New York Daily News "A significant piece of baseball and American history. Revealing, moving, and long overdue." -Bob Costas The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 through 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Players share their personal and often heart-wrenching stories of intense racism, both on and off the field, a racism that was mixed with a sometimes begrudged appreciation for their tremendous talents. Stories include incidents of white players who gave up promising careers in baseball because they wouldn't play with a black teammate, the Georgia law that forbade a black player from dressing in the same clubhouse as the white players, and the quotas for the number of blacks on a team."--,Provided by publisher.