Gentle Black Giants

Gentle Black Giants
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Publisher : Nbrp Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0578501333
ISBN-13 : 9780578501338
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Book Synopsis Gentle Black Giants by : Kazuo Sayama

Download or read book Gentle Black Giants written by Kazuo Sayama and published by Nbrp Press. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1927 and 1934, the Philadelphia Royal Giants embarked on several goodwill tours across the Pacific-to Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Territories. As African-Americans, they were relegated to second-class citizenship in the U.S., but abroad they were treated like kings. Unlike the previous tours of major league stars who ridiculed their opponents through embarrassing defeats, the Royal Giants made the games competitive, dignified and enjoyable for opposing players. In Gentle Black Giants: A History of Negro Leaguers in Japan, Kazuo Sayama and Bill Staples, Jr. chronicle the tours of the Royal Giants and demonstrate that without the skill and humanity displayed by the Negro Leaguers, Japanese ballplayers might have become discouraged and lost their love for the game. Instead, the experience of sharing the field with these "gentle, black giants" kept their spirits high and nurtured the seeds for professional baseball to flourish in Japan.


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