What Were the Negro Leagues?
$19.81
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
24 December 2019
Summary
This baseball league, made up of African American players and run by African American owners, ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball.
In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country’s national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved.
Author Varian Johnson shines a spotli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781524789985 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1524789984 |
| Author: | Varian Johnson, Stephen Marchesi, Who HQ |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Workshop |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 24 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 135mm x 7mm |
| Series: | What Was? |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
About The Author
Varian Johnson
Varian Johnson is the author of several children’s books. He lives outside of Austin, TX with his family. This is his first time writing for Who HQ.
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