Press Box Red: The Story of Lester Rodney, the Communist Who Helped Break the Color Line in American Sports

by JulesTygiel (Foreword), IrwinSilber (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $20.35

  Tells the story of that remarkable 11-year campaign and of Lester Rodney's career covering sports for the Daily Worker until he left the Communist Party in 1958. This title includes accounts of Rodney's challenges to the high muck-a-mucks of professional and collegiate sports, and contains encounters with owners, managers, and more.