Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues

The eight men represented here were pioneers in their own right. Writing for black weekly newspapers, they faced the same conditions as the leagues' players, from discrimination to endless travel. Yet it was through their writings that the public, both black and white, learned of the hitting exploits of Josh Gibson and the pitching feats of Satchel Paige.Jim Reisler is the author of 'Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues' with ISBN 9780786400027 and ISBN 0786400021.