Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball

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© 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Acknowledgments for the use of copyrighted material appear on page xiii, which constitutes an extension of the copyright page. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalogingin -Publication Data Lamb, Chris, 1958– Conspiracy of silence: sportswriters and the long campaign to desegregate baseball / Chris Lamb. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-1076-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Baseball—Social aspects—United States—History—20th century. 2. Discrimination in sports—United States—History—20th century. 3. Mass media and sports—United States—History—20th century. 4. Sportswriters—United States— History—20th century. 5. African American sportswriters—History— 20th century. 6. Racism—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. gv867.64.l36 2012 796.3570973—dc23 2011037503 Set in Minion by Kim Essman. Designed by Nathan Putens. To my wife, Lesly, and my son, David, with love and gratitude ...