Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Vol. 8

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

• Table of ContentsEditor’s NoteArticlesA Cold War State of Mind: Jackie Robinson and the Anticommunist Crusade delete(Ron Briley)The Bubbling Motor of Money: Calvin Jacox, the Norfolk Journal & Guide and the Integration of Tidewater Baseball delete(Brian Carroll)The Way It Still Was delete(Andrew Paul Mele)Only the Stars Come Out at Night: The Story of J.L. Wilkinson delete(Larry Lester)How Buck Became a Texas Black Spider: John “Buck” O’Neil’s 1936 Baseball Season delete(Paul Spyhalski)Black Aesthetic Style; or, Baseball Minstrelsy Reconsidered: Literary and Visual Representations, 1865–1889 delete(James E. Brunson, III)Book ReviewsI Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, the Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars, by M.M. Angelo delete(Reviewed by Joshua Butler)The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920–1951, by William J. Plott delete(Reviewed by Thomas Aiello)A Calculus of Color: The Integration of Baseball’s American League, by Robert Kuhn McGregor delete(Reviewed by Stephanie Liscio)Last Train to Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro League Baseball Era, by Kevin L. Mitchell delete(Reviewed by Trey Strecker)Recent ResearchFurther Reading for This IssueContributors

“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.