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Playing America's game : the story of Negro League Baseball /

A photo essay presents the history of the Negro Baseball League, a separate version of baseball played in the first half of the twentieth century by those prevented because of their race from playing in the major leagues.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cooper, Michael L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Lodestar Books, [1993]
Subjects:	Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile literature. African American baseball players > Biography > Juvenile literature. Baseball > History. African Americans > Biography.

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