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Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues

by Patricia C. McKissack

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Nathan said: " The book I read was Black Diamond.The Authors are Patricia C. Mckissack and Fredrick Mckissack Jr.There are a variety of places but the main one that they mostly talked about was New york and different cities that are in New York.The main city that t The book I read was Black Diamond.The Authors are Patricia C. Mckissack and Fredrick Mckissack Jr.There are a variety of places but the main one that they mostly talked about was New york and different cities that are in New York.The main city that they talked about was Brooklyn and how that’s where Baseball started.There is really no person who tells the story;it’s just mainly the authors and their quotes and things but other than that its just the authors who tell the story.

The story took place in mainly in the 1800’s through mid 1900’s.During this time period there was a lot of discrimination to the colored to the point where they had to come up with there own league which was later was called the National Negroes League or “NNL” and, of course, the whites had their own league.The writing in the book was okay and the reason I say that is because the Authors just don’t talk about one thing or person they're always talking about 2-3 things at a time and to me that’s a little frustrating I would like to learn about someone for little but then rather learning about 2-3 people at a time.In the book there is really no main character they just basically talk about the best players Negroes in the “NNL” and how they impacted it.And how that the negro’s wanted to eventually wanted to join the whites.The most important character in this book in my opinion is Jackie Robinson becuase he was the not only the best negro baseball player to live but he brought pride and encourgment.He did not only change baseball but he also encoureged other negros to be the best at baseball and hopefully to pros.Jackie Robinson changed because he was so good that he brought attention to himself so fans started to like him.

The theme of this story is racism throughout the whole book. All it did was talk about racism and how the negroes and the whites had their own “people” and leagues.And I think that the “NNL” had way better people than the white league people just didn't know because they were colored and they didn't care.The main conflict in this story was that the negroes didn’t have attention to the media.The “NNL” players didn't get paid enough and when they did get paid it wasn’t that much compared to the white league.there are a lot of characters in this book but i had to choose it would be Rube foster,Jackie Robinson,Oscar Charleston, and Satchel Paige.There are many other characters in this book but I thought those were the most talked about and the best players.

I kind of liked this book but then I didn't in some parts because they talked about completely different people the next page so that was kind of confusing but other than that it was okay.I recommend people who like reading about the NNL and how it formed and how it worked also for people who like reading about the best negroes that ever played. ...more "

May 07, 2015 08:43AM · see review