Nesmith Library

We are the ship, the story of Negro League baseball, words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

We are the ship

bibliography

words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.9, 3.0, 119912, NLReading Counts RC, 3-5, 6.2, 5.0, 43016.

the story of Negro League baseball

The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do the one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball. Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947

Beginnings -- A different brand of baseball: Negro League game play -- Life in the Negro leagues -- Racket ball: Negro League owners -- The greatest baseball players in the world: Negro League All-Stars -- Latin America: baseball in paradise -- Good exhibition: the Negro leagues vs. the white leagues -- Wartime heroes: World War II and the Negro League All-Star game -- Then came Jackie Robinson -- The end of the Negro leagues -- Negro leaguers who made it to the major leagues / Negro leaguers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

juvenile

Story of Negro League baseball