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Index
All page numbers in the index refer to the print edition.
Alston, Walter,
87–88
,
156
,
159
,
162
,
163–64
,
165
,
168
American Association,
17–18
,
109
Amoros, Sandy,
161
,
162
,
163
,
168
,
170
Anderson, Bill,
77
Anderson, Carl,
59
Angell, Roger,
121
Atlanta Crackers,
124–25
Baker Bowl,
68
Baltimore Afro-American
,
4
,
53
,
129–30
,
195n53
Baltimore Elite Giants,
10
,
35–36
,
42
,
69–73
,
155
Baltimore Giants,
22
Baltimore Orioles,
20–21
Banks, Ernie,
152–53
Barber, Walter “Red,”
29–30
Barker, Marvin,
77
Barnhill, Dave,
36
Bartlett, Ray,
59
Baseball Has Done It
(Robinson),
184–86
Baseball’s Great Experiment
(Tygiel),
9
,
86
,
97–98
Baseball Writers’ Association,
131
,
134
Bavasi, Buzzie,
85–86
,
89
,
130
,
171
,
175
,
176–77
Benjamin Franklin Hotel,
98
Benson, Gene,
35
,
36
,
38
,
77
; mentoring Robinson,
78–79
,
199n62
Benswanger, William,
36
Berra, Lawrence “Yogi,”
167–68
,
170
,
212n24
Bethune, Mary McLeod,
89–90
Birmingham Black Barons,
133
Birmingham World
,
148–49
Black, Bill,
175
Black Panthers,
182–83
Boggess, “Dusty,”
146
Bostic, Joe,
47–48
Boston Braves,
22
,
45
,
94–95
,
109
,
116
Braden, Sam,
30
Brooklyn Bridegrooms (“Grooms”),
18–19
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
,
16
,
19–20
,
28
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union
,
16–17
Brooklyn Dodgers,
9
,
31
,
46
; 1947 season,
92–105
; 1948 season,
108–16
; 1949 season,
118–35
; 1955 season,
165–70
; 1956 season,
173–75
; ascent of in 1880s and ’90s,
17–20
; and attendance,
29
; fans of,
15–17
,
23
,
94
,
105
,
121–22
,
140–42
,
170
; integration of,
81–105
; jokes and ridicule of,
21–22
,
27–28
; mythology of,
161
; payroll of,
164
; and rivalry with Giants,
9
,
18
,
20
,
114
,
150–52
,
173–74
; and rivalry with Yankees,
9
,
13
,
16
,
28
,
105
Brooklyn Eagles.
See
Newark Eagles
Brooklyn
NY
: as baseball city,
19–22
; Bedford-Stuyvesant,
22
,
25–26
; Brownsville,
19–20
,
23–24
; and competition for baseball fans,
21
; culture of,
19
,
29
,
161
; Flatbush,
19
,
21
; geographic location of,
18
; immigrant groups in,
18
,
23–24
,
26
; map of,
24
; politics in,
25
; Prospect Park,
21
; and race relations,
23–27
; Williamsburg,
23–24
Brooklyn Polka Dots,
17–18
Brooklyn Royal Giants,
22–23
Brooklyn Superbas,
20
Brown, Willard,
106
Brown v. Board of Education
(1954),
2
,
137
,
156
,
172
Burdette, Lew,
174
Byrne, Tommy,
169
Camilli, Dolph,
28
Campanella, Bernice Ray (first wife),
73
,
184
,
198n43
Campanella, Beverly (daughter),
73
,
184
Campanella, David (stepson),
75
,
184
,
198n55
Campanella, Ida (mother),
65–68
Campanella, John (father),
65–68
,
75
Campanella, Joyce (daughter),
73
,
184
Campanella, Roxie Doles,
184
Campanella, Roy: as All Star,
3
,
128
; and Alston,
87–88
,
159
,
163
; approachability of,
64
,
87
,
140–42
; and approach to civil rights,
2
,
117
,
128–29
,
139
,
140–43
,
158–59
,
172–73
; and attitude on civil rights,
128–29
,
139
,
172–73
,
184–85
; barnstorming,
132–34
,
152–53
; bench jockeying and umpire baiting,
150–51
; breaking the color line,
42
,
44
,
85–89
,
109
; childhood of,
64–67
; children of,
73
,
184
,
185
,
198n55
; as civil rights pioneer,
1–2
,
56–58
,
85–89
,
109
; compared to Robinson,
187
; and conflict with Robinson,
11–12
,
132–34
,
136
,
141
,
156–59
,
163–64
; criticizing Robinson,
171
,
178–79
; death of,
187
; and different approach to civil rights than Robinson’s,
2–4
,
57
,
128–29
,
142–43
; on disability,
187
; discrimination against,
68–69
,
88–89
,
123–25
,
209n29
; and Dressen,
76
; family of,
64–65
,
66–67
,
71–72
; and fans,
125
,
140–42
; and friendship with Robinson,
10–11
,
56
,
117
,
119
,
121
; Hall of Fame induction of,
186
; health of,
163
; in high school,
68–72
; injuries of,
139–40
,
163
; intelligence of,
108
,
146
; and jealousy,
3–4
,
171
; leadership of,
86–87
,
108
,
114–15
,
136
,
141–42
; Major League statistics of,
4
,
114
,
115
,
140
,
145
,
166
,
175
; as manager,
87–88
; marriages of,
73
,
184
,
198n43
; and mentoring Banks,
152–53
; and mentoring Black,
155
; and mentoring Gilliam,
157–58
; and mentoring Hank Aaron,
153–54
; and mentoring Mays,
133
,
151
; and mentoring Newcombe,
129–31
; Minor League statistics of,
87
,
89
,
108–9
; as
MVP
(International League),
108
; as
MVP
(National League),
3
,
73
,
140
,
141
,
142
,
170
,
211n5
; as
MVP
(New England League),
89
; and Ne
gro League career with Bacharach Giants,
68
,
70
; and Negro League career with Baltimore Elite Giants,
69–73
; and O’Malley,
136
,
170
,
173
; paralyzed,
184
; post-baseball life of,
184–87
; and reconciliation with Robinson,
184–86
; and religion,
67
,
72
; and Rickey,
76–78
,
86–88
,
108–9
,
134
,
145–46
; salary of,
68
,
71
,
73
,
74
,
86
,
109
,
163
,
170
; and sportswriters,
148–49
; and teammates,
114–15
,
155–56
,
165
,
171
; temperament of,
3
,
57
,
64
; and womanizing,
171
Campanella, Roy, Jr. (son),
114
,
184
,
185
,
198n55
Campanella, Ruthe Willis (second wife),
75
,
184
Campanella, Ruth “Princess” (daughter),
184
,
198n55
Camp Hood
TX
,
62
Cannon, Jimmy,
176
Carey, Max,
21
Carmichael, Stokely,
182
Carnegie, Andrew,
6
Chambers, Whitaker,
90–91
Chance, Frank,
16
Chandler, Albert “Happy,”
41
,
91
,
93
,
96
,
119–20
,
131
,
144
Charleston, Oscar,
44
Chase Hotel,
156–59
Chauncey, George,
19
Chicago American Giants,
49
Chicago Cubs,
122–23
,
129
,
152
,
156
Civil Rights Act (1964),
1
civil rights movement,
40–41
,
89–90
,
136–38
,
181–83
; and
Brown v. Board of Education
(1954),
2
,
137–38
,
156
,
172
; differing approaches to,
4–12
,
70–71
,
137
; and integration of Central High School, Little Rock
AR
,
138
; and Montgomery Bus boycott,
171–72
; and Niagara movement,
7–8
; and
To Secure These Rights
(congressional report),
90
Cleveland Indians,
21
,
106
,
113
,
163
Cochrane, Mickey,
67
Communist movement: and alliance with civil rights,
46
,
47–48
,
89–91
; and McCarthyism,
91
Communist Party of America,
8
,
46
,
125–27
Coney Island,
19
Congress of Industrial Organization (
CIO
),
46
Conlan, John “Jocko,”
146
Connor, John,
22
Cook, Eugene,
124
Costigan, Edward P.,
90
Cox, Billy,
155–56
Cronin, Joe,
45
Crosley Field,
74
Cuban X Giants,
22
Cutshaw, George,
16
Daley, Arthur,
148
Dandridge, Ray,
35
Danville
IL
,
85
Dascoli, Frank,
147
Davis, Benjamin J.,
46–47
Day, John,
18
Daytona Beach
FL
,
81–83
Dee, Ruby,
132
DeLand
FL
,
83
Dihigo, Martin,
35
Doby, Larry,
106
,
113–14
,
132–33
,
152
Doles, Roxie.
See
Campanella, Roxie Doles
Downs, Karl,
59
Doyle, Joseph J.,
17