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South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration Paperback - 2007

by John Virtue

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This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.

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  • Title South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration
  • Author John Virtue
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 239
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC
  • Publication date 2007-10-24
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786432936 / 0786432934
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.97 x 6.06 x 0.51 in (22.78 x 15.39 x 1.30 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Negro leagues - History, Discrimination in sports - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007034867
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

About the author

The late John Virtue was director of the International Media Center at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He lived in Miami Beach.
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