Negro Leaguers Savor Sweet Recognition, Even Decades Late. Kevin Baxter.
by Baxter, Kevin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 52Institutions. Publisher: Miami Herald, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): African American baseball players | Baseball -- History | Negro leagues | Race relations | RadcliffeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For more than two decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, Radcliffe, better known as 'Double Duty'...played in baseball's Negro Leagues with and against the likes of [Josh] Gibson, Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston and 'Cool Papa' Bell for teams such as the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Homestead Grays and the Kansas City Monarchs." (MIAMI HERALD) This article reveals how baseball's Negro leagues "and the stars who played in them are enjoying a rebirth, with everyone from cultural historians to big-league players and everyday fans drawn to an era that, until 1991, was only partially recognized by the big-league establishment."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Negro Leaguers Savor Sweet Recognition, Even Decades Late, July 24, 2003; pp. n.p..
"For more than two decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, Radcliffe, better known as 'Double Duty'...played in baseball's Negro Leagues with and against the likes of [Josh] Gibson, Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston and 'Cool Papa' Bell for teams such as the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Homestead Grays and the Kansas City Monarchs." (MIAMI HERALD) This article reveals how baseball's Negro leagues "and the stars who played in them are enjoying a rebirth, with everyone from cultural historians to big-league players and everyday fans drawn to an era that, until 1991, was only partially recognized by the big-league establishment."
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