Black baseball in Cincinnati : a history /

"Cincinnati was home to three major Negro League Teams-the Cincinnati-Cuban Stars, the Cincinnati Tigers and the Cincinnati Clowns-as well as several Black semi-professional teams and many important figures in the history of Black baseball. DeHart Hubbard, the first African American to win a go...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Debono, Paul (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2026]
Subjects:	African American baseball players > Ohio > Cincinnati > History. Negro leagues > Ohio > Cincinnati > History. Baseball teams > Ohio > Cincinnati > History. Baseball > Ohio > Cincinnati > History. Cincinnati (Ohio) > Race relations > History. Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Ohio > Cincinnati > Histoire. SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Table of Contents:

Underpinnings : race and baseball in Cincinnati
The beginning : Owls, Vigilants, Eels (1870-1896)
Shades of the color line : Grant, Fowler, and Bancroft (1897-1906)
The Waldorfs, Cincy Stars, Covington Tigers, Lockland Giants, and others (1907-1919)
The Negro National League comes to Cincinnati (1920-1921)
The Valley Tigers, Excelsiors, and DeHart Hubbard (1922-1933)
The show (1934-1937)
After the Tigers : Buckeyes, Clowns, and Crescents road to integration (1938-1956).