Southern League

By Larry Colton

Subjects: Southern League (Baseball league : 1885-1899), Minor league baseball, Southern League (Baseball league), Baseball, history, Baseball teams, Discrimination in sports, History, Birmingham Barons (Baseball team), Baseball

Description: The story of Alabama's first-ever integrated sports team--the Barons of baseball's Southern League--tracing its 1964 season and the heat of Birmingham and its citizens during a tumultuous year.