Under Jackie's Shadow
Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind

This oral history book features the experiences of 13 Black Minor League baseball players who played after Jackie Robinson integrated the major leagues in 1947. They talk a bit about their upbringing, how they got into baseball as a youth, and then their experiences with getting signed and playing i......more

Note: Thank you to NetGalley, University of Nebraska Press, and Mitchell Nathanson for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of the book. Whenever I heard talk of baseball’s pension plan, I always wondered why the multi-......more

At a baseball ceremony 25 years after Jackie Robinson's start in MLB, it was announced that baseball was fully integrated and life could move on. Jackie was reluctant to even attend, but did so even though he wasn't happy that there were no blacks in coaching, management or beyond. He sadly died nin......more