Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Baseball, the Color Line, and the Pacific Coast League before World War II; 2. Baseball, the Color Line, and the Pacific Coast League in the 1940s; 3. John Ritchey Integrates the San Diego Padres, 1948; 4. Momentum and Challenges, 1949; 5. The Pacific Coast League Integrates, 1950-52; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"An account of the desegregation of baseball's Pacific Coast League, the first American League of any sport to desegregate all of its teams"-- Provided by publisher