Holdings: Conspiracy of silence

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Conspiracy of silence sportswriters and the long campaign to desegregate baseball /

Examines the campaign to desegregate baseball, chronicles the efforts of alternative presses to end baseball's color line, and reveals how differently black and white newspapers, and black and white America, viewed racial equality.

Main Author:	Lamb, Chris, 1958-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]
Physical Description:	xiii, 397 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects:	Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Mass media and sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Sportswriters -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African American sportswriters -- History -- 20th century. Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Baseball -- Social aspects -- History. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History. Mass media -- United States -- History. Sportswriters -- United States -- History. African American sportswriters -- History. Racism -- United States -- History.

CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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