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Lädt ... 1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forevervon Bill Madden
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"Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous "black experiment" did not truly succeed until the coming of age of Willie Mays and the emergence of some star players--Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, and Ernie Banks--in 1954. And as a relevant backdrop off the field, it was in May of that year that the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, that segregation be outlawed in America's public schools. Featuring original interviews with key players and weaving together the narrative of one of baseball's greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how our national pastime--with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented white supremacy in the game--was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The Indians won the American League pennant in 1954 breaking the Yankees string of dominance. Center fielder Larry Doby was a major contributor to the Indians' success and the Yankees would finally squelch the racist impulses of management and add future star Elston Howard to their roster in 1955. The Red Sox would be the last team to integrate, waiting until 1959.
The then NY Giants would go on to upset the Indians by sweeping them in the 54' Series, a series which helped immortalize Mays with " The Catch." As he and other black superstars asserted their influence on the game, the likes of Clemente, Gibson ... waited in the wings. 1954 was a pivotal year in race relations, for baseball and for society, it was the same year as the Brown vs. Board decision was rendered, with far-reaching consequences.
This is a must-read narrative of an exciting season and a watershed year as America gradually came to grips with its moral blemish of institutional racism.
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