"Discrimination in sports United States." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination et Race Relations / bisacsh." . . "SPORTS & RECREATION Baseball History." . . . . "SPORTS & RECREATION Reference." . . "Baseball." . . "Racism in sports United States." . . "Reconstruction." . . "SPORTS & RECREATION Essays." . . . . "\"Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947\"." . . . . "When Baseball Went White Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime"@en . "When Baseball Went White Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime" . "When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime"@en . "When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime" . . . . . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . . "The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 is one that most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of \"reconciliation\" and a wish to avoid the issues of race that an integrated game necessarily raised. The h."@en . . . "The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 is one that most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of \"reconciliation\" and a wish to avoid the issues of race that an integrated game necessarily raised. The history of baseball during Reconstruc..." . . "\"Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947\"--" . "\"Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947\"--"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations." . . "SPORTS & RECREATION Business Aspects." . . "HISTORY United States 19th Century." . . "HISTORY / United States / 19th Century / bisacsh." . . "USA." . . "TRAVEL Special Interest Sports." . . "GAMES Gambling Sports." . . "SPORTS et RECREATION / Baseball / History / bisacsh." . . "United States" . . "African American baseball players United States Social conditions." . . "Baseball United States History 19th century." . . "Rassentrennung." . . "Rassendiskriminierung." . . "SPORTS & RECREATION History." . .