The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball

Charter members of the Negro National League, stepping stone for Jackie Robinson, home base for Satchel Paige, and training ground for more than twenty blacks sent to the major leagues, the Kansas City Monarchs survived the entire thirty-five-year span of black baseball (from 1920 to mid 1950) and were widely regarded as the dominant black professional team, "the New York Yankees of the Negro leagues." Rich in anecdote and illustrated with more than ninety photographs of Monarchs players and scenes, this book is both a tribute to and a celebration of the top all-black team of all time.

Author: Janet Bruce
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 09/11/1985
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 10.05h x 7.08w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9780700603435
ISBN10: 0700603433
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies