Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 6

Leslie A. Heaphy is an associate professor of history at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in Canton, Ohio.

• Table of ContentsEditor’s NoteArticlesDid Branch Rickey Sign Jackie Robinson to Right a 40-Year Wrong? (Chris Lamb)Discovering Forgotten Ballparks: Documenting Black Baseball LandscapesThrough the State Historic American Landscape Survey delete(Chris Baas, Geri Strecker, and Ball State Students)A Fine Line Between Admiration and Animosity: Ed Bolden’s Philadelphia Stars, the Negro National League, and the Philadelphia Tribune, 1933–1938 delete(Courtney Smith)The Puzzling History of the Tate Stars delete(Shawn Morris)The Color of Baseball: Race and Boston’s Sporting Community(Robert Cvornyek)From Buckeye to Black Eye: Cleveland’s 1945 Negro League Championship, Jackie Robinson, and the Beginning of the End of Black Baseball (David Krell)Something to Cheer About: Paul Robeson, Monte Irvin, Larry Doby (Joe Dorinson)116BR>Blackball in Chester, Pennsylvania, 1867–1887: Historical Documents delete(James Brunson III)Book ReviewsColor Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball’s Color Line, by Tom Dunkel deleteReviewed by Leslie HeaphyFuture ResearchPrize Winners from the Fourth Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Art CompetitionFurther Reading for This Issue delete(Leslie Heaphy)ContributorsAuthor IndexSubject Index

“Some great articles...outstanding scholarship”—The Courier; “fascinating…the articles here are research quality, documented with end notes and sometimes additional reading lists. The book reviews are signed, and the editorial board is impressive…should appeal to a large audience”—Serials Solutions.