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Adult Books

The People's Champion: Willie Horton by Kevin Allen
BIO Horton

The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant
BIO Aaron

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig
796.357 E

Great Time Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson, From Baseball to Birmingham by David Falkner
BIO Robinson

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson by Timothy Gay
796.357 G

Shades of Glory by Lawrence Hogan
796.357 H

Black Baseball in Detroit by Larry Lester
796.357 L

The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball by Thom Loverro
R796.357 L 

Only the Ball was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert Peterson
796.357 P
DVD Documentary

Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
BIO Robinson

 Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America by Tom Stanton
BIO Aaron

Hanging Curve by Troy Soos
FIC Soos

Shadow Ball: A History of the Negro Leagues by Geoffrey Ward
796.357 W

Children’s Non-Fiction

Judy Johnson by Kathleen Billus
JBIO Johnson

Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome
JBIO Paige

Jackie Robinson by Joe Dunn
JBIO Robinson

Willie Horton: Detroit’s Own “Willie the Wonder” by Grant Eldridge
JBIO Horton 

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way by Peter Golenbock
JBIO Aaron

A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Green
JBIO Johnson

Monte Irvin by Katie Haegele
JBIO Irvin
 

Cool Papa Bell by Shaun McCormack
JBIO Bell 

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
J796.357 N
CD JFIC Nelson 

Buck Leonard by Simone Payment
JBIO Leonard
 

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson
JBIO Robinson 

Satchel Paige: All-Time Baseball Great by Robert Rubin
JBIO Paige 

Coming Home: A Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter by Nanette VanWright
JBIO Gibson

 
Children's Fiction

Satch & Me by Dan Gutman
JFIC Gutman

Luke Goes to Bat by Rachel Isadora
PICTURE I

Just Like Josh Gibson by Angela Johnson
PICTURE J

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
JFIC Lord 

The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues by Walter Dean Myers
JFIC Dear 

Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson
JFIC Robinson 

Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg
JFIC Uhleberg

 

Websites

American Library Association Pride & Passion website

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown New York

The Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

Negro League Legends and Barnstormers

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