As the second black major league baseball player, following Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby has never received the acclaim accorded to Robinson; yet his experiences of segregation and racial invective, and his courage and ability to excel in the face of almost overwhelming circumstances, were equivalent. This fascinating biography brings to light many interesting and little-known facts concerning Doby's life and baseball career, and his contribution as a civil rights pioneer in the American League. His story is perceived as the story of the many black men who followed him into major league baseball, and who shared importantly in pioneering the integration of the sport.
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“Larry Doby was the second black major league baseball player and the first in the American League. Jackie Robinson, as the first, received the lion's share of the attention, but Doby and the other early black players were all pathfinders. Doby's on-and off-field battles against segregation and bigotry are painful reminders of our very recent past, but even more interesting and relevant in light of today's headlines are Doby's frustrations in baseball after he quit playing. His desire to become the first black manager was denied, and his lone managerial stint was short and painful. Doby ultimately left baseball and now works in community relations for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. A fine biography in its own right, Pride Against Prejudice is made particularly timely by recent controversy over the lack of blacks in baseball management. Bibliography; to be indexed.”–Booklist
“. . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing integration of professional sports in the 1940's and 1950's.”–Canadian Journal of History of Sport
“. . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing integration of professional sports in the 1940's and 1950's.”–
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JOSEPH THOMAS MOORE is Professor of History at Montclair State College in New Jersey.
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When I heard about Larry Doby recently I just had to get this book to find out what had happen to him. I was a kid growing in Baltimore Md back during the 40's, 50's and was very aware of the Black baseball players playing in the Old Negro League there.
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On the evening of October 9, 1948, Americans watching the evening news in those early days of television saw an extraordinary picture flash before their eyes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first black manager, half championship, batting instructor, black leagues, black players, center field fence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Larry Doby, American League, White Sox, Plain Dealer, World Series, Jackie Robinson, Bill Veeck, National League, South Carolina, Cleveland Indians, Comiskey Park, Los Angeles, The Sporting News, New Jersey Afro-American, Bob Lemon, Eddie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, United States, Doc Young, Hall of Fame, Newark Eagles, Lou Boudreau New!
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On the evening of October 9, 1948, Americans watching the evening news in those early days of television saw an extraordinary picture flash before their eyes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first black manager, half championship, batting instructor, black leagues, black players, center field fence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Larry Doby, American League, White Sox, Plain Dealer, World Series, Jackie Robinson, Bill Veeck, National League, South Carolina, Cleveland Indians, Comiskey Park, Los Angeles, The Sporting News, New Jersey Afro-American, Bob Lemon, Eddie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, United States, Doc Young, Hall of Fame, Newark Eagles, Lou Boudreau New!
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- White Sox: The Illustrated Story by Richard Whittingham on 5 pages
- The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football the Modern Era 1960-1990 (Revised & Updated) by David S. Neft on 4 pages
- Jackie Robinson (What Was It Like?) by Lawrence Weinberg on page 10, and page 35
- The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W. E. B. Du Bois on page 54, and page 57
- Baseball Has Done It by Jackie Robinson on page 69, and page 85
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- Visible Now: Blacks in Private Schools (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Diana T. Slaughter in Front Matter
- A Noble Game: A History of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Will Pascoe in Back Matter
- The African-American Male: An Annotated Bibliography by Jacob U. Gordon on page 105
- Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson by William Kirwin on page 45
- Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America by Eliz Brown Guillory in Front Matter
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