Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues /

McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues / [electronic resource] Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. - New York : Scholastic, c1994. - 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.

Play ball -- Out of the ballpark -- Batter up! -- Bases loaded -- The lineup -- You're out! -- Black diamonds -- Foul ball -- Away games -- Bottom of the ninth -- A winning season -- The close of the Negro Leagues.

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1995.

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Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball--History.
African Americans--Biography.

GV875.A1 / M35 1994

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