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1954 : the year Willie Mays and the first generation of black superstars changed major league baseball forever, by Bill Madden
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- Summary
- "Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous "black experiment" did not truly succeed until the coming of age of Willie Mays and the emergence of some star players--Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, and Ernie Banks--in 1954. And as a relevant backdrop off the field, it was in May of that year that the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, that segregation be outlawed in America's public schools. Featuring original interviews with key players and weaving together the narrative of one of baseball's greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how our national pastime--with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented white supremacy in the game--was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780306823329
- Label
- 1954 : the year Willie Mays and the first generation of black superstars changed major league baseball forever
- Title
- 1954
- Title remainder
- the year Willie Mays and the first generation of black superstars changed major league baseball forever
- Statement of responsibility
- by Bill Madden
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous "black experiment" did not truly succeed until the coming of age of Willie Mays and the emergence of some star players--Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, and Ernie Banks--in 1954. And as a relevant backdrop off the field, it was in May of that year that the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, that segregation be outlawed in America's public schools. Featuring original interviews with key players and weaving together the narrative of one of baseball's greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how our national pastime--with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented white supremacy in the game--was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Madden, Bill
- Dewey number
- 796.357/64097309045
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV863.A1
- LC item number
- M28 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Baseball
- African American baseball players
- Discrimination in sports
- Mays, Willie
- Label
- 1954 : the year Willie Mays and the first generation of black superstars changed major league baseball forever, by Bill Madden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn856053171
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780306823329
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014000774
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- black & white illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o856053171
- (OCoLC)856053171
- Label
- 1954 : the year Willie Mays and the first generation of black superstars changed major league baseball forever, by Bill Madden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn856053171
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780306823329
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014000774
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- black & white illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o856053171
- (OCoLC)856053171
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