Joe Black
eBook - ePub

Joe Black

More than a Dodger

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eBook - ePub

Joe Black

More than a Dodger

About this book

He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro League and the Cuban League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became the first African American vice president of a transportation corporation when he went to work for Greyhound. In this first-ever biography of Joe Black, his daughter Martha Jo Black tells the story not only of a baseball great who broke through the color line, but also of the father she knew and loved.

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Information

Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9780897337557
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Peter O’malley
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Historic Win
  8. 2 A Shattered Dream
  9. 3 A Second Newcombe?
  10. 4 Joe College
  11. 5 A Dodger at Last
  12. 6 A Dream Reawakened
  13. 7 Dizzy Dean Speaks up
  14. 8 GI Joe
  15. 9 Joe to the Rescue
  16. 10 Throwing Heat in Havana
  17. 11 Dominating in the Dog Days
  18. 12 From a Royal to a Saint
  19. 13 First a Threat, Then a Pennant
  20. 14 Career Change
  21. 15 Dodger Disappointment—again
  22. 16 Mr. Greyhound
  23. 17 A Question of Value
  24. 18 A Single Parent
  25. 19 A Star Fades
  26. 20 Going to BAT for Others
  27. 21 Playing on a Rep
  28. 22 The Final Inning
  29. Bibliography