Black Ball: A Journal of the Negro Leagues
Since 2008, McFarland has published Black Ball, a semiannual peer-reviewed journal. Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, the journal offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre–Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts.
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General Information
Black Ball is published twice a year in the spring and fall. Annual subscription rates are $120 for institutions and $40 for individuals. Subscribers outside the United States add $20 for additional postage. Online only subscriptions are available to all institutions for $100.
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General Information
Back issues from earlier volumes of Black Ball are available for order. Also, single issues of the current volume may be ordered one at a time. The charge for single issues for institutions is $75 per issue (postpaid). Orders from individuals are also welcome, and the charge for individuals is $30 (postpaid).
Articles are also available for purchase. Use the search tools on the access page for e-journals for individual articles.
Ordering Single Issues
To order single issues via mail, telephone, fax or e-mail, please contact:
McFarland
Box 611
Jefferson NC 28640
USA
tel 336-246-4460
fax 336-246-4403
email journals@mcfarlandpub.com
The editor invites articles on all subjects related to black baseball, including but not limited to Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts. A wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies are welcome. Articles should generally run between 2,000-7,000 words, exclusive of the required endnotes and abstract, and should be submitted to the editor as either double-spaced hard copy and disk or as an email attachment in Microsoft Word. Be sure to include a 100 to 150-word abstract and a 75-word biographical statement with any article submission. Editorial decisions will be sent out within 60 days of manuscript receipt.
Submit all manuscripts and editorial inquiries about Black Ball to:
Leslie Heaphy
Editor, Base Ball
Kent State University, Stark
6000 Frank Road
North Canton OH 44720
lheaphy@kent.edu
Send books for review to:
Jared Wheeler
Book Review Editor, Black Ball
507 Acorn Street
Philadelphia PA 19128
jaredwheeler81@aol.com
Style
Articles should be prepared according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Avoid contractions, first- or second-person pronouns, one- and two-sentence paragraphs, repetition, and jargon. Italicize as needed but refrain from using headline-style all-caps and reserve bolding for headings and subheadings. Except in quotations, render special terms according to modern convention (e.g., “World Series” instead of “world’s series”). All articles accepted for publication are subject to editorial changes.
Reference Citations
As a research journal, Black Ball places great importance on documentation. Source citations, in the form of endnotes, and a bibliography are required, and each should be saved in a file separate from the text. While many primary sources appropriate for quotation in Black Ball lie in the public domain, written permissions may be required for materials either unpublished or published after 1922.
Illustrations
Illustrations related in some meaningful way to the article topic are considered. Good-quality prints or scans (300 dpi or greater, at full size) and all necessary permissions must be provided to the editor at the time of article delivery. All illustrations will be reproduced in black and white. Black Ball does not include sidebars.
About the Editor
Leslie A. Heaphy is an associate professor of history and an award-winning author and editor of numerous books about baseball.
| EDITOR Leslie Heaphy Kent State University, Stark |
| BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Jared Wheeler Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| EDITORIAL BOARD | |
| Martha Ackmann Mt. Holyoke College |
Todd Bolton Negro League Baseball Players Association |
| Brian Carroll Berry College |
Dick Clark SABR Negro Leagues Committee |
| Paul Debono SABR Negro Leagues Committee |
Joe Dorinson Long Island University |
| Ray Doswell Negro Leagues Museum |
Chris Lamb College of Charleston |
| Larry Lester NoirTech Research |
Dan Nathan Skidmore College |
| Rob Ruck University of Pittsburgh |
Jules Tygiel San Francisco State University |
| CO-PUBLISHERS Robert Franklin and Rhonda Herman McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| MANAGING EDITOR Gary Mitchem McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| BUSINESS MANAGER Adam Phillips McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |