National Pastime Strikes Out with Black Athletes. Tom Gage.
by Gage, Tom; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 54Institutions. Publisher: Detroit News, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): African American baseball players | African American youth | Hispanic American baseball players | Negro leagues | Youth -- AttitudesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The door Jackie Robinson unlocked nearly 60 years ago remains open. But the amount of traffic through it has diminished. Baseball is losing the African-American athlete." (DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS) The author examines the decline in the number of African-Americans playing baseball and how "the hoop, not home plate, is the center of the universe for many young African-American athletes."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: National Pastime Strikes Out with Black Athletes, April 10, 2005; pp. 1A+.
"The door Jackie Robinson unlocked nearly 60 years ago remains open. But the amount of traffic through it has diminished. Baseball is losing the African-American athlete." (DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS) The author examines the decline in the number of African-Americans playing baseball and how "the hoop, not home plate, is the center of the universe for many young African-American athletes."
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