The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues

Type

Book

Authors

Myers, Walter Dean

ISBN 13

9780439095037

Tags

African American teenage boys, African Americans, American People, Baseball, Birmingham Black Barons, Negro leagues, North American people, personal diaries, prejudice, Teenage Boys

Abstract

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

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