Wondrium (Series). History. American history

"Course Number 30410."

"A Pastime of Their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball is your chance to delve into this fascinating history. Taught by Professor Louis Moore of Grand Valley State University, these 12 scintillating lectures take you onto the field and into the smoky back rooms of the business world as Black athletes and entrepreneurs created a thriving world of Black American baseball teams and leagues."--Publisher's description

Lecturer: Louis Moore

DVD

Closed-captioned

Disc 1: Emancipation and the American pastime -- Drawing the color line -- Black ball goes pro -- Rube Foster: A baseball lifer -- Negro National League -- Eastern Colored League -- Disc 2: Troubled twenties -- Making a way out of no way -- East-West Classic -- Surviving the Great Depression -- Negro American League -- Integration and the Negro Leagues