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PRETEND THE BALL IS NAMED JIM CROW

The poems that form this collection titled, Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow, are written in the persona of Negro League Baseball’s Josh Gibson (1911-1947) and those closest to him. Gibson is credited with hitting over 800 home runs in his career and was the first Negro League Baseball Player to be inducted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame without ever playing an inning of Major League Baseball.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uky.edu/oai:uknowledge.uky.edu:english_etds-1091
Date01 January 2018
CreatorsHairston, Dorian
PublisherUKnowledge
Source SetsUniversity of Kentucky
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourceTheses and Dissertations--English

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