Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues is a 1994 book by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. It tells the history African-American and Latin American involvement with baseball in the United States.
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| Author | Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Jr. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Children's literature, History of baseball |
| Published | 1994 (Scholastic Press) |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 978-0-590-45809-2 |
| OCLC | 28221299 |
Reception edit
Booklist, in its review of Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues, wrote "This book goes far beyond the few familiar photographs and names most readers associate with the Negro Baseball Leagues, and it makes the trip in style."[1]
Black Diamond has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine,[2] and Book Report.[3]
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum lists it as a secondary resource in its lesson on Negro league baseball vocabulary.[4]
Black Diamonds is a 1994 CCBC Choice,[5] a 1994 NCTE Kaleidoscope book,[6] and received a 1997 Coretta Scott King Award author honor.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Black diamond: the story of the Negro baseball leagues". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Black diamond: the story of the Negro baseball leagues". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
With passion and purpose, the mother-son team has written an account of Negro League baseball and its relationship to major-league baseball
- ^ "Black diamond: the story of the Negro baseball leagues". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
In this entertaining and informative book, the McKissacks present a history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, including many anecdotal episodes and legendary players.
- ^ "Negro Leagues Baseball Vocabulary". coe.k-state.edu. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ Kathleen T. Horning; Ginny Moore Kruse; Megan Schliesman (1997). CCBC Choices 1994: Historical People, Places and Events (PDF). Friends of the CCBC Inc. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Rosalinda B. Barrera; Verlinda D. Thompson; Mark Dressman, eds. (1994). Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 - 9 Understanding the Past: History (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. p. 24. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
a solid source of information for young historians
- ^ "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present". American Library Association. 5 April 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2017.