Conspiracy of Silence

The story behind the mainstream press’s efforts to preserve baseball’s color line and the efforts of Black and communist newspapers to end it.
 

Acknowledgments
Part 1
1.  White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows
Part 2
2. The Color Line Is Drawn       
3.  Invisible Men
4. “Agitators” and “Social-Minded Drum Beaters”
(written with Kelly Rusinack) 
Part 3
5. “L’affaire Jake Powell”
6.  Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line     
Part 4
7.  The Double V Campaign   
8.  “The Great White Father” Speaks
9.  Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation 
10. “Get Those Niggers Off the Field”   
Part 5
11.  Robinson Becomes the Chosen One
Part 6
12.  “I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One”
Notes
Bibliography
Index