Description: "This book covers New Jersey's extensive role in segregated baseball, from the White Stocking's historic refusal to play the integrated Newark Little Giants (1887), to the "Gentlemen's Agreement" (decided in the Garden Sta...
Synopsis "This book covers New Jersey's extensive role in segregated baseball, from the White Stocking's historic refusal to play the integrated Newark Little Giants (1887), to the "Gentlemen's Agreement" (decided in the Garden State), through the demise of the Negro Leagues. Throughout, it focuses on players and others, with extensive coverage of New Jersey's ballparks and teams"--Provided by publisher.