Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
Awards:   Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 1995
Author:   Patricia C McKissack ,  Fredrick McKissack ,  Pat McKissack
Publisher:   Scholastic US
ISBN:  

9780590682138


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 September 1998
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Format:   Paperback
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Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues


Awards

  • Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 1995

Overview

Until Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, African Americans were shut out of the all-American pastime - major league baseball. Thousands of talented athletes were excluded, simply because of the color of their skin.

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Author:   Patricia C McKissack ,  Fredrick McKissack ,  Pat McKissack
Publisher:   Scholastic US
Imprint:   Scholastic US
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.50cm
Weight:   0.172kg
ISBN:  

9780590682138


ISBN 10:   059068213
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 September 1998
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Patricia and Fredrick McKissack are the authors of numerous award-winning books, including REBELS AGAINST SLAVERY: AMERICAN SLAVE REVOLTS and BLACK HANDS, WHITE SAILS: THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WHALERS, both Coretta Scott King Honor Books, and SOJOURNER TRUTH: AIN'T I A WOMAN? a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack live in St. Louis, Missouri. John McKissack resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

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