Preface The Photograph of 1948 Black Bottom The North Star The End of Innocence From Mog-Mog to Newark Pioneer The Most Significant Player in the League Prime Time "A Load Off My Back" "Gaijin" Another Robinson Veeck, Again Major League Manager Pride Against Prejudice Appendix: Larry Doby's Career Statistics Bibliographical Notes Index
JOSEPH THOMAS MOORE is Professor of History at Montclair State College in New Jersey.
?. . . this biography has an interest even for those who are not
baseball buffs.?-The Journal of Southern History
?. . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based
on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride
Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing
integration of professional sports in the 1940's and
1950's.?-Canadian Journal of History of Sport
?. . . The book is clearly written and exhaustively researched, and
can take its place next to any of the recent entries in baseball
history.?-Baseball Hobby News
?Larry Doby was the first black player in the American League,
going back to the Cleveland Indians just 11 weeks after Jackie
Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Aware of Mr. Doby's neglect by biographers, Mr. Moore, who has been
a fan of his subject ever since he heard the Doby legend, seeks to
give him recognition....Mr. Moore used records, interviews and a
clear narrative style to make his points (what is more persuasive
in sports than an athlete's! what is more animated than public
statements and their refutations!), and gives voice to some of Mr.
Doby's severest critics. There is an objectivity in tone, as well
as a scholarly approach and copious footnotes. Pride Against
Prejudice is a tribute to both its author and Larry Doby.?-The New
York Times Book Review
." . . this biography has an interest even for those who are not
baseball buffs."-The Journal of Southern History
." . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based
on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride
Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing
integration of professional sports in the 1940's and
1950's."-Canadian Journal of History of Sport
." . . The book is clearly written and exhaustively researched, and
can take its place next to any of the recent entries in baseball
history."-Baseball Hobby News
"Larry Doby was the first black player in the American League,
going back to the Cleveland Indians just 11 weeks after Jackie
Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Aware of Mr. Doby's neglect by biographers, Mr. Moore, who has been
a fan of his subject ever since he heard the Doby legend, seeks to
give him recognition....Mr. Moore used records, interviews and a
clear narrative style to make his points (what is more persuasive
in sports than an athlete's! what is more animated than public
statements and their refutations!), and gives voice to some of Mr.
Doby's severest critics. There is an objectivity in tone, as well
as a scholarly approach and copious footnotes. Pride Against
Prejudice is a tribute to both its author and Larry Doby."-The New
York Times Book Review
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