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Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
Black Diamond The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues Author:Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Satchel Paige, Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.
Actually, this is a great history for adults, it's a good, concise history of the Negro Leagues from the beginning to the end (they kept going into the 1950s)
Jenny M. - , reviewed Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues on
This is an excellent historical account that covers the period from the late 1800s through Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. The book has many photographs and newspaper articles to illustrate the players. Both of my boys (one a baseball player, one not) enjoyed reading this book, which is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.