{"product_id":"1934-3","title":"1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 Speaker's Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe true story of the first Black team to win an Ontario Baseball Amateur Association championship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe pride of Chatham’s East End, the Coloured All-Stars broke the colour barrier in baseball more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did the same in the Major Leagues. Fielding a team of the best Black baseball players from across southwestern Ontario and Michigan, theirs is a story that could only have happened in this particular time and place: during the depths of the Great Depression, in a small industrial town a short distance from the American border, home to one of the most vibrant Black communities in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing heavily on scrapbooks, newspaper accounts, and oral histories from members of the team and their families, \u003cem\u003e1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light on a largely overlooked chapter of Black baseball. But more than this, \u003cem\u003e1934\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one group of men who fought for the respect that was too often denied them.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRich in detail, full of the sounds and textures of a time long past, \u003cem\u003e1934\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the All-Stars’ unforgettable players and captures their winning season, so that it almost feels like you’re sitting there in Stirling Park’s grandstands, cheering on the team from Chatham.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46548249706706,"sku":"9781771964777","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_8fb58871-f135-4c76-be0e-75dc7039e0b3.jpg?v=1763567283","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/1934-3","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}