The integration of the Pacific Coast League : race and baseball on the West Coast /

Essington, Amy,

The integration of the Pacific Coast League : race and baseball on the West Coast / Amy Essington. - 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Baseball, the Color Line, and the Pacific Coast League before World War II; 2. Baseball, the Color Line, and the Pacific Coast League in the 1940s; 3. John Ritchey Integrates the San Diego Padres, 1948; 4. Momentum and Challenges, 1949; 5. The Pacific Coast League Integrates, 1950-52; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"An account of the desegregation of baseball's Pacific Coast League, the first American League of any sport to desegregate all of its teams"--

9781496207098 (electronic bk.) 1496207092 (electronic bk.) 9781496207074 (electronic bk.) 1496207076 (electronic bk.)

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Pacific Coast League--History--20th century.
Pacific Coast League.


1900-1999


Baseball--History--Pacific States--20th century.
Discrimination in sports--Pacific States.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Baseball--History.--United States
Discrimination dans les sports--États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Discrimination dans les sports--États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Baseball--History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
HISTORY--State & Local--West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)--United States
GAMES--Gambling--Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION--History.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Reference.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Sports.
Baseball.
Discrimination in sports.


United States.
United States--Pacific States.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

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