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Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation. As Monte Irvin, a teammate and fellow Hall of Fame player, writes in his foreword, "Wells really could do it all. He was one of the slickest fielding shortstops ever to come along. He had speed on the bases. He hit with power and consistency. He was among the most durable players I've ever known." Yet few people have heard of the feisty ballplayer nicknamed "El Diablo." Willie Wells was black, and he played long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. Bob Luke has sifted through the spotty statistics, interviewed Negro League players and historians, and combed the yellowed letters and newspaper accounts of Wells's life to draw the most complete portrait yet of an important baseball player. Wells's baseball career lasted thirty years and included seasons in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada. He played against white all-stars as well as Negro League greats Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Buck O'Neill, among others. He was beaned so many times that he became the first modern player to wear a batting helmet. As an older player and coach, he mentored some of the first black major leaguers, including Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe. Willie Wells truly deserved his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but Bob Luke details how the lingering effects of segregation hindered black players, including those better known than Wells, long after the policy officially ended. Fortunately, Willie Wells had the talent and tenacity to take on anything—from segregation to inside fastballs—life threw at him. No wonder he needed a helmet.

Baseball players --- African American baseball players --- Negro leagues. --- Wells, Willie.

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Baseball players --- African American baseball players --- Bostock, Lyman,

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In the 1930's, Monroe, Louisiana, was a town of twenty-six thousand in the northeastern corner of the state, an area described by the New Orleans Item as the "lynch law center of Louisiana." race relations were bad, and the Depression was pitiless for most, especially for the working class-a great many of whom had no work at all or seasonal work at best. Yet for a few years in the early 1930's, this unlikely spot was home to the Monarchs, a national-caliber Negro League baseball team. Crowds of black and white fans eagerly filled their segregated grandstand seats to see

Negro leagues --- African American baseball players --- Racism in sports --- Discrimination in sports --- Baseball --- History. --- Monroe Monarchs (Baseball team)

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Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. This collection of essays explores Robinson's perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation's most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens. -- adapted from jacket ""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy."--

African American baseball players --- Discrimination in sports --- History --- Robinson, Jackie, --- United States. --- États-Unis --- United States --- Relations raciales --- Histoire --- Race relations --- History

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The authors recall the life of the first Black to play baseball for New York Yankees.

Baseball players --- African American baseball players --- Baseball players' spouses --- Baseball players' wives --- Athletes' spouses --- Howard, Elston, --- Howard, Arlene. --- Howard, Ellie, --- New York Yankees (Baseball team) --- Yankees (Baseball team) --- Bronx Bombers (Baseball team) --- History.