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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-01 - Publisher: Triumph Books
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Language: en
Pages: 251
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-16 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 269
Pages: 269
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-07-05 - Publisher: McFarland
Founded in 1920, the Negro National League originally comprised teams throughout the Midwest, but the league's groundwork was laid in one city--Chicago. Two of
Language: en
Pages: 538
Pages: 538
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
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