Black baseball out of season : pay for play outside of the negro leagues

"Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of ¬blue-¬collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by playing in the organized winter leagues that operated in Florida, California, and several Caribbean and Central and South American countries. This history recounts the experiences of American black ballplayers outside of the Negro Leagues--often in places where a lack of prejudice contrasted sharp."@en
""This book tells the story of the thousands of Black professional baseball players whose talents were played out in the undiscovered world of the Negro leagues during the twentieth century. Chapter One introduces the swamplands of Florida where two teams of Negro athletes began to gain national attention for their performances in Palm Beach"--Provided by publisher."@en
""This book tells the story of the thousands of Black professional baseball players whose talents were played out in the undiscovered world of the Negro leagues during the twentieth century. Chapter One introduces the swamplands of Florida where two teams of Negro athletes began to gain national attention for their performances in Palm Beach"--Provided by publisher."