Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball

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NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM Shaihey Clory Thudes LAWRENCE D. HOGAN WITH A FOREWORD BY JULES TYGIEL THE NEGRO LEAGUEG AND THE STORY Or AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASEBALL

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A Tribute to Triumph The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball shine a light on the brilliant Black ballplayers whose immeasurable contribution to our national pastime is chronicled in Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball. This unprecedented volume of vivid narratives, fasci- nating anecdotes, biographical profiles, and archival photographs, contains the most thorough and accu- rate statistics on Negro league players and games ever published. It is the story of black baseball, from slav- ery days when it was played on plantations in the pre- Civil War South to the first organized games of the mid-19th century to the glory days of the Negro leagues in the 1920's, '30s and '40s. Illustrated with more than 50 vintage photographs, the 432-page book details the game's rich cultural history and profiles the players and owners that made baseball come alive for generations of African Americans. Available wherever books are sold. To order call 1-888-647-6733 or visit www.nationalgeographic.com/books