Southern League A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race

Name: Southern League A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race
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ISBN: 9781455511884

ISBN-10: 1455511889

ISBN-13: 9781455511884

Edition: 2013

Authors: Larry Colton

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"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been more unsolved bombings in Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation."Martin Luther King, Jr.Letter from a Birmingham Jail1963Anybody who is familiar with the Civil Rights movement knows that 1964 was a pivotal year. And in Birmingham, Alabama - perhaps the epicenter of racial conflict - the Barons amazingly started their season with an integrated team.Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom, a talented pitcher and Tommie Reynolds, an outfielder - both young black…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 5/14/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.232

Larry Colton lives in Portland, Oregon.



"Are You Trying to Be a Smart-Ass?"


Introduction: Southern League and Me



Spring Training



Welcome to Bombingham



The Season: April



The Season: May



The Season: June



The Season: July



The Season: August



The Season: September



Extra Innings


Acknowledgments


Appendix


Authors Note


Index


About the Author