Presents a history of the Negro Leagues, from their inception to the integration of black players into Major League Baseball to the eventual demise of the leagu

Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on a

Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.

The Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the c

Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on a