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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
I Was Born Poor, I Was Born Black, and I Was Born in Mississippi: When You've Been Through That You Can Deal with Anything

I Was Born Poor, I Was Born Black, and I Was Born in Mississippi: When You've Been Through That You Can Deal with Anything

Anderson, Ron

Paperback

Biographies GeneralAthletesBaseball & Softball

ISBN10: 1917613989
ISBN13: 9781917613989
Publisher: Ron Anderson
Published: Nov 1 2024
Pages: 692
Weight: 2.01
Height: 1.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this groundbreaking study of the quintessential African American athlete of the Deep South, George Boomer Scott, born into Mississippi's racially turbulent Delta and the shameful Jim Crow period of his youth, manifests a tale of how this young black man navigated those periods of racial unrest - and they were numerous - with its ubiquitous inequities of racial segregation, its violence, and how he overcame these injustices rising to preeminence as an athlete in major league baseball joining, ironically, the Boston Red Sox, an organization whose history was grounded in racial transgressions. The nagging effect of racial non-acceptance remained prominent throughout his baseball years, and major league baseball would ultimately turn a blind eye to his ambitions, and the ambitions of others.

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