| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: The 1932 Negro Southern League; 1. The Horror: Race Culture in the "Lynch Law Center of louisiana"; 2. The Jazz age and the Depression: The Different Trajectories of Monroe and Black Baseball in the 1920s; 3. The flood: Water, Race, and the Monarchs in Early 1932; 4. The Monarchs and the Major Leagues: The State of Black Baseball in 1932; 5. Spring Training: The Monarchs, the Crawfords, and the Negro Southern League; 6. The First Half: April-July 1932; 7. The Southern against the South: The first- Half Pennant Controversy. |
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8. The Second Half: July-August 19329. The World Series: September-October 1932; 10. After September: The Season, the Monarchs, and Monroe in the Popular and Historical Mind; Conclusion: "We Have Yet to Find a Moses"; Appendix 1. 1932 Monroe Monarchs Schedule and Results; Appendix 2. Timeline of 1932 Player/Personnel Acquisitions; Appendix 3. Monroe Monarchs Roster Breakdown and Comparison; Appendix 4. Statistical Analysis of the Available Data for the 1932 Monroe Monarchs; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; Illustrations follow page 34; Tables follow page 80. |
| Summary |
In the 1930s, Monroe, Louisiana, was a town of twenty-six thousand in the northeastern corner of the state, an area described by the New Orleans Item as the and ldquo;lynch law center of Louisiana. and rdquo; race relations were bad, and the Depression was pitiless for most, especially for the working class and mdash;a great many of whom had no work at all or seasonal work at best. Yet for a few years in the early 1930s, this unlikely spot was home to the Monarchs, a national-caliber Negro League baseball team. Crowds of black and white fans eagerly filled their segregated grandstand seats to see the pages. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Monroe Monarchs (Baseball team) -- History.
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Negro leagues -- Louisiana -- Monroe -- History.
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African American baseball players -- Louisiana -- Monroe.
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Racism in sports -- Louisiana -- Monroe -- History.
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Discrimination in sports -- Louisiana -- Monroe -- History.
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Baseball -- United States -- History.
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African American baseball players -- Monroe -- Louisiana.
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Discrimination in sports -- Monroe -- Louisiana -- History.
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Negro leagues -- Monroe -- Louisiana -- History.
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Racism in sports -- Monroe -- Louisiana -- History.
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Sport & Recreation.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Essays & Writings.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Statistics.
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African American baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00799042
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Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
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Discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst00895130
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Negro leagues. (OCoLC)fst01035591
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Racism in sports. (OCoLC)fst01086664
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Louisiana -- Monroe.
(OCoLC)fst01215407
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aiello, Thomas. Kings of Casino Park : Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011 9780817317423 |
| ISBN |
9780817385682 (electronic bk.) |
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0817385681 (electronic bk.) |
