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BUCK LEONARD, Payment, Simone.
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112 pgs. Index : Glossary : Black-and-White Photographs : Bibliography : Related Web sites 2002 Elementary, middle school AR Meet Buck Leonard, one of America's greatest baseball players, who
escaped worldwide fame and glory simply because of his color. Teens
who may not be aware that segregation laws in the first half of twentieth-century
America prohibited African Americans from participating in major league
baseball will learn about the racial and political landscape of America
during this time, providing a context for the story of one of the most
gracious--and greatest--baseball players who ever lived. Curriculum Applications: 3rd and 4th Grade Social Studies- biography; 4th - 8th Grade Language Arts; Black History. |