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Name: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Author: Kadir Nelson
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Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Award winners
Culture: African-American

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ISBN:
9781437969535
0786808322
Winner of the Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature in 2009.
Winner of the Casey award in 2008.

Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by the author.
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