Foreword / by Dave Winfield -- Introduction -- Children, go where I send thee : the beginnings of black baseball, 1865-1910 -- Spotlight: Sol White : black baseball's first historian -- The new negro and the leagues, 1920-1945 -- Spotlight: Barnstorming black baseball -- Spotlight: The all-American boy and black baseball fans in Washington -- Mr. Robinson's neighborhood : the rise of integration, 1945-1960 -- Spotlight: Effa Manley : the woman who told Jackie Robinson he was wrong -- Spotlight: Toni Stone : in search of our mothers' playing fields -- The black player meets the brown player, 1930s-1960s -- The time has come : black ballplayers and the civil rights struggle, 1960-1970 -- Spotlight: The white sportswriter's scrutiny of the black player -- Free agency and the quest for leadership, 1970s-1990s -- Spotlight: Vida Blue tells Charlie Finley, "That's not my name" -- Spotlight: The rise and fall of the black boy wonders : Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry -- The nightcap : black people and baseball, from the 1990s to today -- Spotlight: Here comes Mr. Jordan -- Spotlight: Wrecking stadiums and repping cities : hip-hop remixes the sonic landscape of baseball -- Notes -- Authors and contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Photo credits -- Index

"An illustrated and authoritative presentation of Black baseball figures throughout the history of the game, by renowned cultural historian and professor Dr. Gerald Early, with archival photos from the National Baseball Hall of Fame"--