Description: An extraordinary history of the Negro Leagues and the economic disruptions of desegregating a sport
Brief description: Roberta J. Newman is master professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at New York University. Her work has appeared in the journals Cooperstown Symposium: 2009-2010 and NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture.
Review Quotes: Black Baseball, Black Business is terrific! It examines the Negro Leagues in the context of other black businesses of the period and offers a provocative view of baseball's integration saga. With Jackie Robinson and all the African Americans who followed him into baseball, much was gained. All these years later, however, it is increasingly clear how much was lost.--John Thorn, Official Historian, Major League Baseball