TY - BOOK AU - McKissack,Pat AU - McKissack,Fredrick TI - Black diamond: the story of the Negro baseball leagues SN - 059068213X AV - GV875.A1 M35 1998 U1 - 796.357/0973 PY - 1998///, c1994 CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Negro leagues KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Baseball KW - United States KW - Afro-Americans KW - Biography KW - sears KW - African Americans N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index; Book Links; Horn Book; Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Bookguide; National Council For Social Studies Notable Children's Trade; 5; 4-7 N2 - Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard, and James "Cool Papa" Bell ER -