Description: "This book traces the entire story of black baseball, documenting the growth of the Negro Leagues at a time when segregation dictated that the major leagues were strictly white, and explaining how the drive to integrate the sport was a pivotal part of the American civil rights movement"--
Brief description: Roger Bruns is a prolific author who has written many titles for Bloomsbury, including Border Towns and Border Crossings: A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide (2019), Documents of the Chicano Movement (2018), and Zoot Suit Riots (2014).