The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers.
Material type:
TextSeries: My name is AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2001.Description: 141 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN: - 0439095034
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | My name Myers | Available | 33111003712722 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
May 3
It's hard not to worry about white folks' ball because now that Jackie Robinson is playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Larry Doby is playing with the Cleveland Indians, everybody is thinking about going up. Just a year ago, Jackie played with the Kansas City Monarchs and Doby played with the Newark Eagles. Piper said that some of the players were so busy looking around for white scouts, they couldn't find the ball.
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.