What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?)

by Varian Johnson (Author) Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: What Was?

This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball.

In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. Author Varian Johnson shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball.

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Varian Johnson
Varian Johnson is the author of several children's books. He lives outside of Austin, TX with his family. This is his first time writing for Who HQ.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781524789985
Lexile Measure
1030
Guided Reading Level
W
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
December 24, 2019
Series
What Was?
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF053140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
JNF054010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
Library of Congress categories
History
United States
Baseball
Negro Leagues
African American baseball players

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