Description
Along with churches and schools, baseball was the center of civic life in the Black communities of Montgomery County in the middle decades of the twentieth century. The shame of segregation denied midcentury Black and White athletes the opportunity to match their skills against the very best. But community support of town teams in dozens of small communities across the county demonstrated the extraordinary resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of the Black community. Bruce Adams explores the story of these town teams and their meaning to their communities during the decades when Montgomery County was segregated.