The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers.
Material type: TextSeries: My name is America | Dear AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2001.Description: 141 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN:- 0439095034
- Fic 21
- PZ7.M992 Ji 2001
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Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.