The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball Postcard

The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball PostcardCharter members of the Negro National League, stepping stone for Jackie Robinson, home base for Satchel Paige, and training ground for more than twenty blacks sent to the major leagues, the Kansas City Monarchs survived the entire thirty five year span of black baseball (from 1920 to mid 1950) and were widely regarded as the dominant black professional team, "the New York Yankees of the Negro leagues." Rich in anecdote and illustrated with more than

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The illustrated guide includes detailed full-color maps

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Paris of the Plains is a must have for Kansas City history buffs