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J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs : trailblazers in Black baseball / William A. Young.
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Young, William A., 1945-
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English
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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Description
v, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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GV865.W476 Y68 2016
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Baseball team owners
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United States
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Biography
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African American baseball players
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History
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Negro leagues
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Baseball
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Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team)
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Wilkinson, J. L. 1878-1964
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Summary note
"Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878-1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the Negro League's famed Kansas City Monarchs. The only white owner in the National Negro League, Wilkinson earned a reputation in African American baseball for treating players with fairness and respect. Wilkinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.
Contents
Prologue : "A thrilling and fascinating epic"
Early life and a start in baseball (1878-1911)
Breaking new ground
the all-nations team (1912-1919)
Founding the Monarchs and the Negro National League (1920-1923)
Negro National League and World Champions (1924-1929)
The innovator
night baseball and barnstorming (1930-1936)
Joining the Negro American League (1937-1938)
J.L. Wilkinson and the rebirth of Satchel Paige (1938-1939)
The "Black Yankees"
the Monarchs reach their peak (1940-1945)
J.L. Wilkinson, Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball (1945)
Final years for Wilkinson and the Monarchs (1946-1964)
Epilogue : The long road to Cooperstown
Appendix : Kansas City Monarchs rosters and records during the J.L. Wilkinson era (1920-1948).
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ISBN
9781476662992 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))
1476662991 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016044895
OCLC
948547804
Other standard number
99971354450
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