Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball's Civil War

by Chris Lamb

When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. White teams refused to take the field with the Cannon Street All-Stars, the first Black Little League team in South Carolina. The Cannon Street team won the tournament...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496219457
• ISBN13: 9781496219459
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"