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A fascinating history celebrating Black players in Major League
Baseball from the 1800s through today, with special insight into
what the future may hold. In Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The
Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present,
and Future, Rocco Constantino chronicles the history of generations
of ballplayers, showing how African Americans have influenced
baseball from the 1800s to the present. He details how the color
line was drawn, efforts made to erode it, and the progress towards
Jackie Robinson's debut-including a pre-integration survey in which
players unanimously promoted integration years before it actually
happened. Personal accounts and colorful stories trace the
exponential growth of diversity in the sport since integration,
from a boom in participation in the 1970s to peak participation in
the early 1990s, but also reveal the current downward trend in the
number of African American players to percentages not seen since
the 1960s. Beyond the Color Line not only explores the stories of
icons like Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Satchel Paige but also
considers contributions made by players like Vida Blue, Mudcat
Grant and Dwight Gooden. Exclusive interviews with former players
and individuals involved in the game, including the President of
the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, add first-hand expert insight
into the history of the topic and what the future holds.
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