Attempts to integrate the team's executive suite were less successful. While black players generally did not participate in civil rights actions, several under Robinson's leadership pushed for front office jobs for former black players. Drawing on primary sources and interviews with former executives, players and sportswriters, this book tells the story of the integration of the Orioles. The author describes how tensions between community leaders and team officials aborted negotiations to both increase black attendance and put an African American in the club's executive ranks.
Attempts to integrate the team's executive suite were less successful. While black players generally did not participate in civil rights actions, several under Robinson's leadership pushed for front office jobs for former black players. Drawing on primary sources and interviews with former executives, players and sportswriters, this book tells the story of the integration of the Orioles. The author describes how tensions between community leaders and team officials aborted negotiations to both increase black attendance and put an African American in the club's executive ranks.
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Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore
216Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781476662121 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 01/28/2016 |
Pages: | 216 |
Sales rank: | 772,229 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |