Story of the Negro Leagues

by Bo Smolka

The Story of the Negro Leagues covers the history of the Negro Leagues, their great pitchers and hitters, and the era of integration with Major League Baseball. Readers will learn the history of the Negro leagues beginning with baseball's beginnings with Abner Doubleday, to the first Negro League game between the Henson Base Ball Club and the Weeksville Unknowns. Follow the discrimination that led to the Great Migration that brought Southern blacks...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617835102
• ISBN13: 9781617835100
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Sportszone
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8