Cumberland Posey's life was an African American success story. In his athletic prime he was regarded as one of the best black baseball players in the East, organizer of a team that was the consensus national black champion for five years running. This book tells his story.
Chronicles the Giants' pivotal role in the development of black baseball in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, and the careers of the men who made it possible. The Giants' accomplishments took place against an historical backdrop of a change in the African-American experience. They entered the first Negro league on the East Coast in 1923, and won the league championship twice before the decade ended.
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