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United States History

2006

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"They Opened The Door Too Late": African Americans And Baseball, 1900-1947, Sarah L. Trembanis Jan 2006

"They Opened The Door Too Late": African Americans And Baseball, 1900-1947, Sarah L. Trembanis

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During Jim Crow, the sport of baseball served as an important arena for African American resistance and negotiation. as a (mostly) black enterprise, the Negro Leagues functioned as part of a larger African American movement to establish black commercial ventures during segregation. Moreover, baseball's special status as the national pastime made it a significant public symbol for African American campaigns for integration and civil rights.;This dissertation attempts to interrogate the experience and significance of black baseball during Jim Crow during the first half of the twentieth century. Relying on newspapers, magazines, memoirs, biographies, and previously published oral interviews, this work …


Union Deserter Executions And The Limits Of State Authority, Aaron Michael Bachmann Jan 2006

Union Deserter Executions And The Limits Of State Authority, Aaron Michael Bachmann

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In The Crucible Of The Frontier: The Emergence And Decline Of A Trading Site In Early Colonial Virginia, Patrick Brendan Burke Jan 2006

In The Crucible Of The Frontier: The Emergence And Decline Of A Trading Site In Early Colonial Virginia, Patrick Brendan Burke

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