We Are the Ship
Negro leagues
Baseball players, juvenile literature
Baseball, juvenile literature
African American baseball players
African americans, juvenile literature
People & Places
Baseball, history
African American
Social Themes
Baseball players
Baseball
SPORTS & RECREATION
JUVENILE NONFICTION
African Americans
Juvenile fiction
Juvenile literature
History
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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