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Contents acknowledgments ix introduction: The 1932 negro southern league 1 1. The horror: race Culture in the “lynch law Center of louisiana” 7 2. The Jazz age and the Depression: The Different Trajectories of monroe and black baseball in the 1920s 16 3. The flood: Water, race, and the monarchs in early 1932 25 4. The monarchs and the major leagues: The state of black baseball in 1932 47 5. spring Training: The monarchs, the Crawfords, and the negro southern league 59 6. The first half: april–July 1932 66 7. The southern against the south: The first-half Pennant Controversy 95 8. The second half: July–august 1932 109 9. The World series: september–october 1932 124 10. after september: The season, the monarchs, and monroe in the Popular and historical mind 134 Conclusion: “We have yet to find a moses” 145 appendix 1. 1932 monroe monarchs schedule and results 149 appendix 2. Timeline of 1932 Player/Personnel acquisitions 156 appendix 3. monroe monarchs roster breakdown and Comparison 157 appendix 4. statistical analysis of the available Data for the 1932 monroe monarchs 162 viii / Contents notes 177 bibliographic essay 225 index 235 illustrations follow page 34 Tables follow page 80 ...

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