Chino Smith Biography

Cornell Blakely Interview

Suggested Reading

070.4 Reisler
Black Writers/ Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues by Jim Reisler.

791.44 Barber
Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat by Red Barber and Robert W.Creamer.

796.357 Brashler
Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues byWilliam Brashler.

796.357 Burgos
Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line byAdrian Burgos, Jr.

796.357 Class
Class at Bat, Gender on Deck, and Race in the Hole: A Line-up of Essays on Twentieth Century Culture and America’s Game by Ron Briley, ed.

796.357 Dixon
The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic History by Phil Dixon.

796.357 Dixon
Phil Dixon’s American Baseball Chronicles, the 1905 Philadelphia Giants by Phil Dixon.

796.357 Eig
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig.

796.357 Hogan
Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball by Lawrence D. Hogan.

796.357 Lanctot
Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution by Neil Lanctot.

796.357 Lester
Black Baseball’s National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933–1953 by Larry Lester.

796.357 Lester
Baseball’s First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs by Larry Lester.

796.357 Manley
Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles by James Overmyer.

796.357 McNeil
Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues by William F. McNeil.

796.357 Pascoe
A Noble Game: A History of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Will Pascoe.

796.357 Perry
Textile League Baseball by Thomas Perry.

796.357 Peterson
Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert Peterson.

796.357 Posnanski
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America by Joe Posnanski.

796.357 Paige
Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever by Leroy “Satchel” Paige (as told to David Lipman).

796.357 Rendle
Judy Johnson: Delaware’s Invisible Hero by Ellen Rendle.

REF 796.357 Riley
The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues by James Riley.

796.357 Robinson
Extra Innings by Frank Robinson.

796.357 Rogosin
Invisible Men: Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues by Donn Rogosin.

796.357 Tygiel
Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball History by Jules Tygiel.

796.357 Tygiel
Baseball’s Greatest Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy by Jules Tygiel.

796.357 Tygiel
Past Time: Baseball as History by Jules Tygiel.

796.35703 Howard
Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee by Arlene Howard.

796.357092 Heaphy
Satchel Paige and Company: Essays on the Kansas City Monarchs, Their Greatest Star and the Negro Leagues by Leslie A. Heaphy.

796.357092 Jacobson
Carrying Jackie’s Torch: the Players Who Integrated Baseball and America by Steve Jacobson.

796.3570922 Morelli
Heroes of the Negro Leagues by Jack Morelli.

796.3570973 Black
Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues’ Most Important City by Leslie A. Heaphy.

796.3576 Motley
Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues & Beyond by Bob Motley.

796.3576 Out
Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson by William Kirwin, ed.

796.35764 Irwin
Few and Chosen: Defining Negro League Greatness by Monte Irvin.

796.35764 Snyder
Beyond the Shadow of the Senators : the Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball by Brad Snyder.

796.35764 Withers
Negro League Baseball by Ernest C. Withers.

Biographies

B Aaron
I Had a Hammer by Hank Aaron.

B Gibson
Stranger to the Game by Bob Gibson.

B Mays
Sey Hey: the Autobiography of Willie Mays by Willie Mays.

B Paige
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye.

B Robinson
I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson.

B Robinson
Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad.

B Robinson
Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait by Rachel Robinson.

Fiction

FIC Parker
Double Play by Robert Parker.

FIC Thomas
Roadrunner: A Novel by Trisha Thomas.

Audio-Visual Materials

CAS/SPK B Robinson
Jackie Robinson: a Biography by Arnold Rampersad.

CD/SPK FIC Soos
Hanging Curve by Troy Soos.

DVD Jackie
The Jackie Robinson Story starring Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee.

DVD Only
Only the Ball was White narrated by Paul Winfield.

DVD Soul
Soul of the Game starring Delroy Lindo and Blair Underwood.

DVD 791.43 Pastime
Pastime starring William Russ and Glenn Plummer.

DVD 796.35706 There
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Leagues narrated by James Earl Jones.

VHS B Robinson
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers narrated by Ossie Davis.

VHS B Robinson
Jackie Robinson narrated by Peter Graves (A&E Biography).

VHS Court-Martial
The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson starring Andre Braugher and Daniel Stern.

Following is a list of websites related to the Pride and Passion exhibit and related topics. Please note that the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities do not maintain these sites and are not responsible for their content.

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The website of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Mo. Founded in 1990, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich history of African-American baseball. The website features many historical and educational resources. The Museum also offers several traveling exhibitions. See www.nlbm.com/NS/ArticleDetail.cfm?ArticleID=58.

The Negro League Baseball Players’ Association
The Negro League Baseball Players’ Association exists to honor and celebrate the significant contribution of Negro Leagues players to baseball and American history, to collect and preserve that history, to educate others so that Negro League players may be a source of pride and inspiration for generations to come, and to support and promote the general and financial well being of former Negro Leagues players.

www.blackbaseball.com
This website, with histories of Negro League players and teams, is dedicated to the generation of ballplayers who were denied the opportunity to play in the major leagues because of factors other than their ability to play the game of baseball.

The Society for American Baseball Research
The mission of the Society for American Baseball Research is to foster the study of baseball past and present, and to provide an outlet for educational, historical and research information about the game. The society’s Negro Leagues Committee was formed in 1971 in an effort to research and preserve the history of blacks in baseball before the re-integration of the game, and to support efforts to give them recognition.

Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball’s website contains a special section devoted to the Negro Leagues’ Legacy, with many player and teams profiles and interviews, audio clips, videos, photographs, and feature articles.

The Home of Baseball History
“The Home of Baseball History” features extensive information on Negro league players, and Christopher Renino’s The Way Home, a novelized account of Jackie Robinson’s first year in the major leagues as seen through the eyes Vincent Stigiano, a batboy with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Jackie Robinson Foundation
The website of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which was founded by Jackie’s wife, Rachel Robinson, in 1973 as a vehicle to perpetuate the memory of Jackie Robinson and his achievements. Serving as an advocate for young people with the greatest need, the Foundation assists increasing numbers of minority youths through the granting of four-year scholarships for higher education.

The Jackie Robinson Educational Archives
“The Jackie Robinson Educational Archives” website is the result of a year-long program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major league baseball race barrier. The initiative featured two academic courses, guest speakers, exhibits, and a lecture series. Thousands of primary materials were gathered for use in the program and videotaped interviews were held with each guest speaker and other key figures in Robinson’s life. This website makes many of these materials available to the public.

Fantasy Baseball Heaven
Free fantasy baseball site in which players can field teams including greatest players from the Negro Leagues, Hall of Famers, and past and current Major League Baseball starts.

Martin Dihigo
Website in Spanish about Negro leagues star from Cuba, Martin Dihigo. Dihigo first played for the Cuban Stars (East) in 1923. He was one of the most versatile ballplayers who every played the game, being adept at all nine positions on the field. He led the Negro leagues in home runs in 1926 and 1935.

www.cubanball.com
An English-language website about Cuban baseball featuring articles on Negro league players who played in Cuba, as well as Cuban players who played in the Negro leagues, in Major League Baseball, and have been elected to the Hall of Fame.

The Negro Leagues
This web site by Kansas Unified School District 230 is dedicated to the men and the families who played, coached, and ran Negro League Baseball from 1885 to 1960.

Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life.

The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name on permanent display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.