South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration by Virtue, John

South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786432936)

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South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration by Virtue, John

South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration

$25.00
South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration by Virtue, John

South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.



Author: John Virtue
ISBN-10: 0786432934
ISBN-13: 9780786432936
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2007
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.06w x 0.51d
By John Virtue
By John Virtue
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The late John Virtue was director of the International Media Center at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He lived in Miami Beach.

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