03615nam 2200697Ia 450 991046138950332120200520144314.01-280-68765-70-8032-4020-19786613664594(CKB)2670000000176541(EBL)915517(OCoLC)792742315(SSID)ssj0000585468(PQKBManifestationID)11368470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585468(PQKBWorkID)10570530(PQKB)10758828(MiAaPQ)EBC915517(MdBmJHUP)muse16069(Au-PeEL)EBL915517(CaPaEBR)ebr10559298(CaONFJC)MIL366459(EXLCZ)99267000000017654120110909d2012 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrConspiracy of silence[electronic resource] sportswriters and the long campaign to desegregate baseball /Chris LambLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20121 online resource (414 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-1076-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1; Chapter 1: White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows; Part 2; Chapter 2: The Color Line Is Drawn; Chapter 3: Invisible Men; Chapter 4: ""Agitators"" and ""Social-Minded Drum Beaters""; Part 3; Chapter 5: ""L'Affaire Jake Powell""; Chapter 6: Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line; Part 4; Chapter 7: The Double V Campaign; Chapter 8: ""The Great White Father"" Speaks; Chapter 9: Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation; Chapter 10: ""Get Those Niggers Off the Field""; Part 5Chapter 11: Robinson Becomes the Chosen One Part 6; Chapter 12: ""I never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One""; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930's and 1940's. But most of white America knew nothing about this story because mainstream newspapers said little about the color line and less about the efforts to end it. Even today, as far as most Americans know, the integration of baseball revolved around Branch Rickey's signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers' organization in 1945. This book shows how Rickey's move, critical as it may well have been, came after more than a decade of work by black and left-leaning journalistsBaseballSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMass media and sportsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySportswritersUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican American sportswritersHistory20th centuryRacismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.BaseballSocial aspectsHistoryDiscrimination in sportsHistoryMass media and sportsHistorySportswritersHistoryAfrican American sportswritersHistoryRacismHistory796.3570973Lamb Chris1958-859378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461389503321Conspiracy of silence1917931UNINA