Episode 504 - Chicago Baseball: Rube Foster and the American Giants Chicago History Podcast

A Chicago baseball team that at times drew bigger crowds than the White Sox and the Cubs? This is the story of the most dominant team in black baseball for more than twenty years and the man who led them – Rube Foster and the Chicago American Giants.

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BOOKS:

First Negro League Champions, The: The 1920 Chicago American Giants by Bush, Bauer, Johnson, and others
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Black Baseball in Chicago by Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller, & Dick Clark
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Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams, and Games of the Negro Leagues' Most Important City edited by Leslie A. Heaphy
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Best Pitcher in Baseball, The: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant by Robert Charles Cottrell
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Only The Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert Peterson
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Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, The by William Brashler
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Josh Gibson: A Life In The Negro Leagues by William Brashler
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History Lover's Guide to Chicago, A by Greg Borzo
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Fodor's Chicago (Full Color Travel Guide)
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