Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line

After the Civil War, Baseball swept America with countless municipal, semi-pro, and independent leagues growing up across the continent. Rivalries were fierce as townsfolk played beside professional ringers with local town pride on the line. Finding the best players often led to unexpected results, like during the Great Depression when a local team in Bismark, North Dakota signed the best players it could find regardless of race, fielding an integrated squad years before Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby broke in the the major leagues. This book takes a long drive into early independent baseball by focusing on the Bismark team and its 1935 season featuring the first National Semipro Tournament.

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