The day the Babe crashed into the right-field pavilion at Griffith Stadium was one of many afternoons Sam Lacy spent at the ballpark.
An edition of Beyond the Shadow of the Senators
(2002)
Beyond the Shadow of the Senators
The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball
by Brad Snyder
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The story of the lost era between Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, of a crusading journalist, Sam Lacy, an immensely talented black baseball player, Buck Leonard, and a stubborn major league owner Clark Griffith. Tells why the fight to integrate major league baseball in Washington, D.C. and not in Brooklyn, why black Washington ultimately lost the fight, and why the Senators were not the first team to integrate. It's also the story of the greatest baseball dynasty that most people have never heard of, the Homestead Grays.
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African American baseball players, Baseball, Discrimination in sports, History, Homestead Grays (Baseball team), Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960), Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1957-1960), Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)Places
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