The Black Press and Black Baseball, 1915-1955: A Devil's Bargain

ISBN-13: 9780367598747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 166 str.

Brian Carroll

Opis

This book drills down on a handful of representative events and phenomena to present a history of the black press and black baseball from the origins of the Negro leagues in 1915 to their fading away in the mid-1950s. Each chapter focuses on a singular event or phenomenon from and for each decade of the period covered.

Recenzje

‘While some books get bogged down in detail and dates, this account brings the issues to the surface in a richly accessible manner … An exquisite portrait is created in the reader’s mind to bring culture clashes, arguments, writings and paradoxes into detail. It is a rewarding way to read an academic book, and Carroll should be commended on its style and flow … a wonderful case study for intersections of sport, politics, culture, and the press.’ – Annemarie Farrell, International Journal of Sport Communication

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Great Newspaper War of 1915  2. The Jazz Age: The Black Press, Sports and Poetry  3. “A Perfect Baseball Day”: The East-West Classic  4. ‘This is IT!’: Jackie Robinson and Wendell Smith in Brooklyn, 1947  5. Sacrificing the ‘Golden Goose’ on the Altar of Integration  6. Desperate Measures: The Scouting Campaigns and Baseball Academies of the 1950s  7. The Stubborn South: The Desegregation of Spring Training in the Early 1960s

O autorze

Brian Carroll is a professor of communication and director of the Honors Program at Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga. He is also author of When to Stop Cheering? The Black Press, the Black Community and the Integration of Professional Baseball (Routledge, 2007) and Writing & Editing for Digital Media (Routledge, 2014).