Baseball legend Buck Leonard traces his life from his humble beginnings, through 17 glorious seasons in the Negro Leagues, to his moment of triumph as an inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Leonard offers not only an eye-opening history of black baseball, but a compelling saga of the African-American experience in segregated America.
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Baseball legend Buck Leonard traces his life from his humble beginnings, through 17 glorious seasons in the Negro Leagues, to his moment of triumph as an inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Leonard offers not only an eye-opening history of black baseball, but a compelling saga of the African-American experience in segregated America.
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