Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

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Leslie A. Heaphy is an associate professor of history at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in Canton, Ohio.

Edited by Leslie A. Heaphy

Format: softcover (7 x 9)
Pages: 108
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Copyright Date: 2009
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Imprint: McFarland

Editor’s Note      3

Articles
A Tribute to Wendell Smith
BRIAN CARROLL      4
An “Aggregation of Conceit”: The Minneapolis Keystones, 1907–1911
TODD PETERSON      12
The Forgotten Generation of Black Baseball Stars
RICK SWAINE      25
Pay, Performance, and Race During the Integration Era
MICHAEL J. HAUPERT      37
A Long Way from Palatka: The Early Career of John Henry Lloyd
WES SINGLETARY      52
On the Move with Lázaro Salazar
LAYTON REVEL and LUIS MUÑOZ      68
“The Jet”: Sam Jethroe in the Negro and Major Leagues
STEPHANIE LISCIO      78
The Negro Leagues in Print: A Bibliographic Essay, Part II
LESLIE HEAPHY      84

Book Reviews
Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues, Revised Edition by Jim Reisler
REVIEWED BY BRIAN CARROLL      93

Further Reading for This Issue      95
Contributors      103

• “Some great articles…outstanding scholarship”—The Courier
• “fascinating…the articles here are research quality, documented with end notes and sometimes additional reading lists. The book reviews are signed, and the editorial board is impressive…should appeal to a large audience”—Serials Solutions