african american baseball players

Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports.

Recounts Curt Flood's battle to ensure free agency in professional baseball, explaining how he sacrificed his career to challenge America's favorite pastime and change baseball's reserve system.

Tells the story of the Homestead Grays, the Negro League's most successful franchise during the 1940s, and discusses the baseball team's role, along with crusading journalist Sam Lacy, in moving toward integration of the sport.

An introduction to the life of Jackie Robinson, who was the first African American to play on a white Major League Baseball team.

Recounts the history of black baseball from 1920 until the major leagues were integrated.

Baseball legend Buck O'Neil tells about his life as a player in the Negro league, and discusses what it was like to break the color barrier in 1962 by becoming the first African American coach in the major leagues.

A biography of African American baseball player Hank Aaron.

A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.