<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "African American baseball players — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "African American baseball players — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/chipublib/rss/search?query=%22African%20American%20baseball%20players%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;page=3&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:05:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Negro Baseball, Before Integration]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C97638</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C97638</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manley, Effa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/97638126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willie Mays: My Life in and Out of Baseball]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C148472</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C148472</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mays, Willie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/148472126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Time for Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA["A Time for Reflection brings to light the captivating stories of African American Hall of Famers Willie McCovey and Billy Williams. Often overshadowed by their teams' superstars, these Alabamans would become two of baseball's best through hard work and strength of character"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2627735</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2627735</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cannon, Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2627735126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538184578/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under Jackie's Shadow]]></title><description><![CDATA["Oral histories of Black minor league baseball players who played in the post-Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2589051</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2589051</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathanson, Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2589051126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496237170/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooperstown's Back Door]]></title><description><![CDATA["For over 60 years, the color barrier excluded Black ballplayers from the major leagues, forcing them to form their own teams and leagues. After Jackie Robinson broke down that barrier, Black players faced another: the barrier to the Hall of Fame. At the time of the founding of the Hall of Fame, segregation was firmly entrenched in baseball, and it was defended by the same power brokers who kept the Hall successful with their support. The fight for the recognition that Black players had earned on the field lasted nearly as long as the color barrier itself. This book presents the full history of that fight: the exclusion of Black players for so many years, the many efforts to fix that, and the fights for Hall of Fame recognition of the Negro Leagues that are still ongoing."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2618626</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2618626</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[White, Paul D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2618626126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>A History of Negro Leaguers in the Baseball Hall of Fame</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781476693545/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pete Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA["Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League's Chicago-based American Giants, led two expansion teams and retired from the sport as manager of the Baltimore Black Sox. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of Hill recounts the career of a neglected Hall of Famer in the context of the turbulent issues that surrounded him--segregation, women's suffrage, Prohibition and the Spanish flu"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2484391</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2484391</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke, Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2484391126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Black Baseball&apos;s First Superstar</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781476688770/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength for the Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA["A religious biography of Jackie Robinson that describes how his faith sustained him during his struggle to integrate Major League Baseball and later throughout his civil rights activism"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2445111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2445111</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Gary Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2445111126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802879424/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Hank Aaron]]></title><description><![CDATA[When journalist Terence Moore was 12 years old, he treasured his poster of Henry Aaron. Years later, Aaron would sign it for him: "Best wishes to Terry." Later still, Moore would be named an honorary pall bearer at the home run king's funeral, staying up late into the night with Aaron's widow, Billye, to get the obituary just right for the program. Friends and family knew Aaron as quick-witted, hilarious, and fiercely opinionated beyond what was shown in public. With the encouragement of Aaron's family, Moore now shares this intimate perspective on the baseball legend, the culmination of decades of friendship and correspondence. The Real Hank Aaron captures the icon's contagious laugh and pointed views, from the depth of his admiration for Jackie Robinson to his true thoughts on Barry Bonds and the steroid era.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2411468</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2411468</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moore, Terence (Sports journalist)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2411468126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>An Intimate Look at the Life and Legacy of the Home Run King</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781629379883/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[True]]></title><description><![CDATA["True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score.  But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. Kennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero-a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2406334</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2406334</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kennedy, Kostya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2406334126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250274045/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comeback Season]]></title><description><![CDATA["The extraordinary, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron--a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston--and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2296520</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2296520</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perron, Cam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2296520126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>My Unlikely Story of Friendship With the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982153601/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson]]></title><description><![CDATA["Jackie Robinson: A Life in American History provides readers with an understanding of the scope of Robinson's life and explores why no Major League baseball player will ever again wear number 42 as his regular jersey number"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2312275</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2312275</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Courtney Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2312275126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Life in American History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781440872686/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents the life of the Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and how Major League Baseball's racial barriers impacted his career.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2301350</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2301350</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wheeler, Lonnie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2301350126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419750489/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till the End]]></title><description><![CDATA["The memoir of the life of one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation, a raw, compelling story of baseball, family, fame, addiction, loss, and a champion's resilience"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2319217</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2319217</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabathia, CC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2319217126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593133750/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Court-martial of Jackie Robinson]]></title><description><![CDATA["Eleven years before Rosa Parks resisted going to the back of the bus, a young black second lieutenant, hungry to fight Nazis in Europe, refused to move to the back of a U.S. Army bus in Texas and found himself court-martialed. The defiant soldier was Jack Roosevelt Robinson, already in 1944 a celebrated athlete in track and football and in a few years the man who would break Major League Baseball's color barrier. This was the pivotal moment in Jackie Robinson's pre-MLB career. Had he been found guilty, he would not have been the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Had the incident never happened, he would've gone overseas with the Black Panther tank battalion-and who knows what after that. Having survived this crucible of unjust prosecution as an American soldier, Robinson-already a talented multisport athlete-became the ideal player to integrate baseball. This is a dramatic story, deeply engaging and enraging. It's a Jackie Robinson story and a baseball story, but it is also an army story as well as an American story"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2277861</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2277861</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lanning, Michael Lee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2277861126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Baseball Legend&apos;s Battle for Civil Rights During World War II</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780811738644/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Baseball, 1858-1900]]></title><description><![CDATA["This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated, and information on team managers and team secretaries"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2172534</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2172534</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brunson, James E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172534126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780786494170/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Charleston]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2201202</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2201202</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Beer, Jeremy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2201202126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Life and Legend of Baseball&apos;s Greatest Forgotten Player</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496217110/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fine Team Man]]></title><description><![CDATA["A biography about baseball legend Jackie Robinson featuring figures whose lives were altered by "the great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called during his time"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2128483</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2128483</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cox, Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2128483126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781493039043/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ernie Banks]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ernie Banks is perhaps the most popular ballplayer in the history of the Chicago Cubs. Based on extensive research and personal interviews conducted by the author, this biography details the life of the Texas-born shortstop and first baseman, from his childhood playing softball to his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame to his death in 2015"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2191980</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2191980</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freedman, Lew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2191980126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>The Life and Career of &quot;Mr. Cub&quot;</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781476667119/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reclaiming 42]]></title><description><![CDATA["Reclaiming 42 centers on one of America's most respected cultural icons, Jackie Robinson, and the forgotten aspects of his cultural legacy. Since his retirement in 1956, and more strongly in the last twenty years, America has primarily remembered Robinson's legacy in an oversimplified way, as the pioneering first black baseball player to integrate the Major Leagues. The mainstream commemorative discourse regarding Robinson's career has been created and directed largely by Major League Baseball (MLB), which sanitized and oversimplified his legacy into narratives of racial reconciliation that celebrate his integrity, character, and courage while excluding other aspects of his life, such as his controversial political activity, his public clashes with other prominent members of the black community, and his criticism of MLB. MLB's commemoration of Robinson reflects a professional sport that is inclusive, racially and culturally tolerant, and largely post-racial. Yet Robinson's identity--and therefore his memory--has been relegated to the boundaries of a baseball diamond and to the context of a sport, and it is within this oversimplified legacy that history has failed him.The dominantversion of Robinson's legacy ignores his political voice during and after his baseball career and pays little attention to the repercussions that his integration had on many factions within the black community. Reclaiming 42 illuminates how public memory of Robinson has undergone changes over the last sixty-plus years and moves his story beyond Robinson the baseball player, opening a new, broader interpretation of an otherwise seemingly convenient narrative to show how Robinson's legacy ultimately should both challenge and inspire public memory"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2161629</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2161629</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naze, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2161629126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson&apos;s Radical Legacy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496214966/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Charleston]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2321372</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2321372</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Beer, Jeremy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2321372126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Life and Legend of Baseball&apos;s Greatest Forgotten Player</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496217110/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson]]></title><description><![CDATA["The year was 1947. A talented young minor-league baseball player was called up to the majors to join the Brooklyn Dodgers. But this was no ordinary man, nor any simple achievement. This was Jackie Robinson: an all-around star athlete, a U.S. Army veteran--and a black man. Until that year, baseball's shameful color line had kept African Americans out of the big leagues. Overcoming prejudice, exclusion, and even hatred, Jackie Robinson broke that line and became one of the game's best players. He was recognized in the Hall of Fame, and he inspired many young people to fight segregation and ignorance for the chance to follow their dreams. Through both his career and his character, Jackie Robinson became one of America's greatest heroes. This is his story." -- Amazon.com.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2292467</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2292467</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Schuster, Joseph M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2292467126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781936846719/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biz Mackey, A Giant Behind the Plate]]></title><description><![CDATA[""The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"--Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey's professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distinguished himself as a defensive catcher who also had an impressive batting average and later worked as a manager of the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Using archival materials and interviews with former Negro League players, baseball historian Rich Westcott chronicles the catcher's life and remarkable career in Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plateas well as providing an in-depth look at Philadelphia Negro League history. Westcott traces Mackey's childhood in Texas as the son of sharecroppers to his success on the baseball diamond where he displayed extraordinary defensive skills and an exceptional ability to hit and to handle pitchers. Mackey spent one third of his career playing in Philadelphia, winning championships with the Hilldale Daisies and the Philadelphia Stars. Mackey also mentored famed catcher Roy Campanella and had an unlikely role in the story of baseball's development in Japan. A celebrated ballplayer before African Americans were permitted to join Major League Baseball, Biz Mackey ranks as one of the top catchers ever to play the game. With Biz Mackey, he finally gets the biography he deserves"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1985109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1985109</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westcott, Rich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1985109126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781439915516/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singles and Smiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examines the life of African American baseball player Artie Wilson, once known as the best short stop in baseball, covering how he broke baseball's racist color barrier in his day just like Jackie Robinson to become the first black player to play for the Oakland Oaks, a team in the minor league, and then in the majors with the New York Giants in 1951.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1965442</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1965442</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[White, Gaylon H.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1965442126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Artie Wilson Broke Baseball&apos;s Color Barrier</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538107904/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legends of the Leagues]]></title><description><![CDATA["Brace to meet some of the biggest baseball stars of the Negro Leagues. They were men and women of glory and achievement, of spectacular ability and heartbreaking obstacles. They rose above discrimination to pursue their dreams."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1988673</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1988673</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[DiPrimio, Pete]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1988673126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781624692826/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1833367</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1833367</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Long, Michael G.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1833367126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>A Spiritual Biography : the Faith of A Boundary-breaking Hero</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780664262037/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>