LEADER 03582nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910790124103321 005 20230126205143.0 010 $a1-280-68765-7 010 $a0-8032-4020-1 010 $a9786613664594 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176541 035 $a(EBL)915517 035 $a(OCoLC)792742315 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10570530 035 $a(PQKB)10758828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915517 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915517 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559298 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366459 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176541 100 $a20110909d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConspiracy of silence$b[electronic resource] $esportswriters and the long campaign to desegregate baseball /$fChris Lamb 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (414 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-1076-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 5 327 $aChapter 11: Robinson Becomes the Chosen One Part 6; Chapter 12: ""I never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One""; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe 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 journalists 606 $aBaseball$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDiscrimination in sports$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMass media and sports$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSportswriters$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American sportswriters$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRacism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aBaseball$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aDiscrimination in sports$xHistory 615 0$aMass media and sports$xHistory 615 0$aSportswriters$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American sportswriters$xHistory 615 0$aRacism$xHistory 676 $a796.3570973 700 $aLamb$b Chris$f1958-$01468644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790124103321 996 $aConspiracy of silence$93679931 997 $aUNINA