Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh

A new preface updates this richly detailed look at the major role sport played in shaping Pittsburgh's black community from the Roaring Twenties through the Korean War. Rob Ruck reveals how sandlot, amateur, and professional athletics helped black Pittsburgh realize its potential for self-organization, expression, and creativity.

• Author
• Rob Ruck

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 280

• Series
• Sport and Society

• Publisher
• University of Illinois Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780252063428

• Genres
• sports, history

• Release date
• 1993