1906-

Text and accompanying photographs describe the life and times of the Hall of Fame pitcher who gained wide-spread recognition in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first African American pitcher in the American League.

On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach of Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. If Trudy reached it successfully, she would be the first female swimmer, and only the sixth person ever, to do so.

Looks at the lives, careers, and relationships of the two writers focusing on their active roles in American literary, political, and social circles and examining their nontraditional yet long-term love affair.

An African-American's story that relates to all Americans and the world struggle of the thirties and the attempts to prevent the spread of fascism and World War II.