A Negro League Scrapbook Weatherford Carole Boston
A Negro League Scrapbook Weatherford Carole Boston Featuring lively verse, fascinating facts, and archival photographs, here is a celebration of the Negro Leagues and the great players who went…
Specifikacia A Negro League Scrapbook Weatherford Carole Boston
A Negro League Scrapbook Weatherford Carole Boston
Featuring lively verse, fascinating facts, and archival photographs, here is a celebration of the Negro Leagues and the great players who went unrecognized in their time.Imagine that you are an outstanding baseball player but banned from the major leagues. Imagine having a dream but no chance to make that dream come true.This is what life was like for African American baseball players before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. Imagine that you are breaking records but the world ignores your achievements.
Meet Josh Gibson, called "the black Babe Ruth," who hit seventy-five home runs in 1931; James "Cool Papa" Bell, the fastest man in baseball; legendary Satchel Paige, who once struck out twenty-four batters in a single game; and, of course, Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball, and one of the greatest players of all