The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890

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This volume examines early black baseball as it was represented in the artwork and written accounts of the popular press. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one that was not always positive but was nonetheless central in understanding the evolving black image in American culture. Chapters cover press depictions of championship games, specific teams and athletes, and the fans and culture surrounding black baseball. Cover......Page 1 Acknowledgments......Page 7 Table of Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 One. Dust from Many Diamonds......Page 22 Two. “Fifteenth-Amendment Club-Slingers”......Page 55 Three. Dudes, Macks, Land Ladies, Waiters, Tonsorialists, and Aesthetes......Page 77 Four. Men of Mark and Marked Men......Page 114 Five. “A Mirthful Spectacle”......Page 137 Six. Genuine Colored Artists......Page 166 Coda......Page 190 Chapter Notes......Page 208 Bibliography......Page 224 Index......Page 228