The Negro Leagues: A Microcosm of American History

The Negro leagues as a bellwether, a symbol of everything that was happening in the country at that time. And not just with segregation and discrimination and racism, but larger trends and forces like the great migration. The impact of World War II on these men who fought for their country and then came back to being second-class citizens.

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