The Baltimore Elite Giants : Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball.

Intro -- Contents -- PROLOGUE: Baseball on a Shoestring -- CHAPTER 1 High Hopes -- Receptive Community -- Settling In -- The Roster -- Hard Landing -- CHAPTER 2 Pennants and Jumpers -- Elites Take It All -- Owners Vie for Leadership -- Jumpers, Trades, and Close Finishes -- CHAPTER 3 War on the Home Front -- Elites Nail Another Pennant -- Notable Opening Day Dignitaries -- Muddling Through -- CHAPTER 4 Bending the Color Bar -- Sparks Fly around Robinson and Rickey -- Wilson Ousted -- A Near Miss -- Finally! -- Moving and Moving On -- EPILOGUE: Integration, Disintegration -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: A Brief History of Black Baseball in Baltimore before the Elite Giants -- Appendix B: Baltimore Elite Giants Baseball Club Operating Statement, 1947 -- Appendix C: Baltimore Elite Giants Standings, 1938-1951 -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Based on interviews with former players and Baltimore residents, articles from the black press of the time, and archival documents, and illustrated with previously unpublished photographs, The Baltimore Elite Giants recounts a barrier-breaking team's successes, failures, and eventual demise.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.