Out of the shadows : African American baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson : the best of NINE

For nearly fifteen years NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America’s national pastime, NINE has explored baseball from the earliest matches and little-known players of the 1800s to the modern billion-dollar industry and its superstars of today. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from NINE that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball. This diverse collection offers an enlightening look at African American baseball in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Negro Leagues, and the turmoil surrounding the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson and others. Influential figures such as the Negro League team owner Effa Manley, the writer Sol White, and the player Don Newcombe are explored, along with Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. The book features an introduction by NINE founder and editor Bill Kirwin. Represented as well are other respected baseball historians, including the late Jerry Malloy, considered by many to be the leading scholar on nineteenth-century black baseball. Out of the Shadows addresses such themes as the importance of baseball to the African American community, the personal hardships faced by early integrators Robinson and Newcombe, the influence of female owners on the Negro Leagues, and the early days of barnstorming before integration, thereby providing a balanced and engaging overview of African American baseball history.

For nearly fifteen years NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America’s national pastime, NINE has explored baseball from the earliest matches and little-known players of the 1800s to the modern billion-dollar industry and its superstars of today. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from NINE that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball.

 

This diverse collection offers an enlightening look at African American baseball in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Negro Leagues, and the turmoil surrounding the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson and others. Influential figures such as the Negro League team owner Effa Manley, the writer Sol White, and the player Don Newcombe are explored, along with Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. The book features an introduction by NINE founder and editor Bill Kirwin. Represented as well are other respected baseball historians, including the late Jerry Malloy, considered by many to be the leading scholar on nineteenth-century black baseball. Out of the Shadows addresses such themes as the importance of baseball to the African American community, the personal hardships faced by early integrators Robinson and Newcombe, the influence of female owners on the Negro Leagues, and the early days of barnstorming before integration, thereby providing a balanced and engaging overview of African American baseball history.

Sports Literature Association

This collection of articles provides an excellent history of African American baseball from its origins to Jackie Robinson. . . . I would highly recommend this book just for learning more about our national pastime, even if it reminds us of a stained past.

— Sanjeev A. Rao, Jr., Sports Literature Association

For nearly fifteen years __NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture__ has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America’s national pastime, __NINE__ has explored baseball from the earliest matches and little-known players of the 1800s to the modern billion-dollar industry and its superstars of today. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from __NINE__ that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball. This diverse collection offers an enlightening look at African American baseball in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Negro Leagues, and the turmoil surrounding the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson and others. Influential figures such as the Negro League team owner Effa Manley, the writer Sol White, and the player Don Newcombe are explored, along with Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. The book features an introduction by founder and editor Bill Kirwin. Represented as well are other respected baseball historians, including the late Jerry Malloy, considered by many to be the leading scholar on nineteenth-century black baseball. addresses such themes as the importance of baseball to the African American community, the personal hardships faced by early integrators Robinson and Newcombe, the influence of female owners on the Negro Leagues, and the early days of barnstorming before integration, thereby providing a balanced and engaging overview of African American baseball history. Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 The Birth of the Cuban Giants: The Origins of Black Professional Baseball......Page 16 When All Heaven Rejoiced: Branch Rickey and the Origins of the Breaking of the Color Line......Page 30 The Year “Cool Papa” Bell Lost the Batting Title: Mr. Branch Rickey and Mr. Jackie Robinson’s Plea for Affirmative Action......Page 46 Baseball and Community: From Pittsburgh’s Hill to San Pedro’s Canefields......Page 62 The Strange Career of Sol. White: Black Baseball’s First Historian......Page 76 “Another Chink in Jim Crow?”: Race and Baseball on the Northern Plains, 1900-1935......Page 96 From Giants to Monarchs: The 1890 Season of the Colored Monarchs of York, Pennsylvania......Page 109 Racial Pioneering on the Mound: Don Newcombe’s Social and Psychological Ordeal......Page 121 Mamie “Peanut” Johnson: The Last Female Voice of the Negro Leagues......Page 131 Effa Manley: A Major Force in Negro Baseball in the 1930s and 1940s......Page 143 Dick Allen, the Phillies, and Racism......Page 162 Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Mr. Branch Rickey, Mr. Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball......Page 209 Contributors......Page 238 Source Acknowledgments......Page 240 The birth of the Cuban Giants: the origins of Black professional baseball / Jerry Malloy When all heaven rejoiced: Branch Rickey and the origins of the breaking of the color line / Lee Lowenfish The year "Cool Papa" Bell lost the batting title: Mr. Branch Rickey and Mr. Jackie Robinson's plea for affirmative action / Anthony R. Pratkanis & Marlene E. Turner Baseball and community: from Pittsburgh's hill to San Pedro's canefields / Rob Ruck The strange career of Sol. White, Black baseball's first historian / Jerry Malloy "Another chink in Jim Crow?": race and baseball on the northern plains, 1900-1935 / Scott Roper. From Giants to Monarchs: the 1890 season of the Colored Monarchs of York, Pennsylvania / Jerry Jaye Wright Racial pioneering on the mound: Don Newcombe's social and psychological ordeal / Guy Waterman Mamie "Peanut" Johnson: the last female voice of the Negro Leagues / Jean Hastings Ardell Effa Manley, a major force in Negro baseball in the 1930s and 1940s / Gai Ingham Berlage Dick Allen, the Phillies, and racism / William C. Kashatus Nine principles of successful affirmative action: Mr. Branch Rickey, Mr. Jackie Robinson, and the integration of baseball / Anthony R. Pratkanis & Marlene E. Turner. "For nearly a decade NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from NINE that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball."--Page 4 of cover "For nearly a decade NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from NINE that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball."--Cover p. [4] THE CUBAN GIANTS, born in 1885, enriched a wide range of communities across the sprawling province of nineteenth-century baseball.