Integrating Cleveland baseball : media activism, the integration of the Indians and the demise of the Negro League Buckeyes / Stephanie M. Liscio
- Author:
- Liscio, Stephanie M.
- Published:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Summary:
- "Focusing on the Negro American League Buckeyes, this detailed history describes the effects of major league integration on blackball in Cleveland, as well as the controversial role that the local black press played in the transformation"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s):
- Cleveland Buckeyes (Baseball team)—History
- Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)—History
- African American baseball players—Ohio—Cleveland—History
- Racism in sports—Ohio—Cleveland—History
- Discrimination in sports—Ohio—Cleveland—History
- Mass media and sports—Ohio—Cleveland—History
- Negro leagues—Ohio—Cleveland—History
- ISBN:
- 9780786436903 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786436905 (softcover : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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