Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball
Autor Chris Lamben Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2012
Drawing on hundreds of newspaper articles and interviews with journalists, Chris Lamb reveals how differently Black and white newspapers, and Black and white America, viewed racial equality. Between 1933 and 1945, Black newspapers and the communist Daily Worker published hundreds of articles and editorials calling for an end to baseball’s color line, while white mainstream sportswriters perpetuated the color line by participating in what their Black counterparts called a “conspiracy of silence.” The alternative presses’ efforts to end baseball’s color line, chronicled for the first time in Conspiracy of Silence, constitute one of the great untold stories of baseball—and the civil rights movement.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780803210769
ISBN-10: 0803210760
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0803210760
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Chris Lamb is chair of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Indiana University–Indianapolis. He is the editor, author, or coauthor of eleven books, including Sports Journalism: A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology (Nebraska, 2020), From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line (Nebraska, 2016), and Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training (Nebraska, 2004).
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Part 1
1. White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows
Part 2
2. The Color Line Is Drawn
3. Invisible Men
4. “Agitators” and “Social-Minded Drum Beaters”
(written with Kelly Rusinack)
Part 3
5. “L’affaire Jake Powell”
6. Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line
Part 4
7. The Double V Campaign
8. “The Great White Father” Speaks
9. Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation
10. “Get Those Niggers Off the Field”
Part 5
11. Robinson Becomes the Chosen One
Part 6
12. “I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part 1
1. White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows
Part 2
2. The Color Line Is Drawn
3. Invisible Men
4. “Agitators” and “Social-Minded Drum Beaters”
(written with Kelly Rusinack)
Part 3
5. “L’affaire Jake Powell”
6. Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line
Part 4
7. The Double V Campaign
8. “The Great White Father” Speaks
9. Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation
10. “Get Those Niggers Off the Field”
Part 5
11. Robinson Becomes the Chosen One
Part 6
12. “I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“Everyone—casual fans, journalists, and even the most knowledgeable baseball expert—will find something of interest in this significant contribution to our understanding of civil rights and baseball.”—John Paul Hill, NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Cultures
"Lamb . . . brings all his scholarly tools to the project. . . . The author has documented a story of immense cultural importance."—Kirkus Starred Review
"[Conspiracy of Silence] is a valuable resource for students of baseball history and for readers concerned with the history of race relations and the media in this country."—Robert Bruce Slater, Library Journal
"Conspiracy of Silence represents a significant contribution to the study of baseball, race, and the press."—Trey Strecker, Journal of Sport History
"Conspiracy of Silence offers overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of the black press in advancing integration in this country."—Dorothy Seymour Mills, New York Journal
"Lamb's thorough journalistic exposé chronicles the drama and history behind the game, while tracing how the desegregation of baseball parallels the story of the civil rights movement in the United States."—Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness
"Lamb's research shows the struggle that took place in the media had a lot to do with the tug-o-war of ideals and practicality of all the issues involved in the decision. It's as good a book on the subject as we've ever come across."—Tom Hoffarth, Farther Off The Wall
"Though it covers some familiar ground, this solidly researched study introduces new faces to the picture to broaden the context. The clear, bold writing makes the book a joy to read."—L. A. Heaphy, Choice
"This is important, overdue work."—Gene Sapakoff, Post and Courier
"Everyone—casual fans, journalists, and even the most knowledgeable baseball expert—will find something of interest in this significant contribution to our understanding of civil rights and baseball."—John Paul Hill, NINE
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The story behind the mainstream press’s efforts to preserve baseball’s color line and the efforts of Black and communist newspapers to end it.
The story behind the mainstream press’s efforts to preserve baseball’s color line and the efforts of Black and communist newspapers to end it.