Publication Date:  May 28 2000 Author:  Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller and Dick Clark Publisher:  Arcadia Publishing Details:  Paperback: 128 pages, 160 photographs ISBN 10:  0738507075 ISBN 13:  978-0738507071 List Price:  $20.00 [order from author, currently out of print]
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When the Negro National League was formed in Kansas City in 1920, a new chapter in sports history, indeed in American history, began to be written.

Black Baseball in Detroit chronicles the history of the various teams and players that spent time in the “Motor City.” From the aftermath of the first World War, through the Jazz Age and Prohibition, the Great Depression, and through the 1950s, the history of the Negro Leagues parallels the history of Black America, from segregation to full inclusion. You will meet the players – “Ghost” Marcell (Marcelle), “Cool Papa” Bell, “Bingo” DeMoss, and the great Norman “Turkey” Stearnes. – who made this sport a vibrant and exciting part of the American landscape.