A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie ''Peanut'' Johnson

By:

Green, Michelle Y

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Puffin Books; 2002Description: 111ISBN:

0-14-240072-6

Subject(s):

Juvenile Non-Fiction/ Biographies

Summary: Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport that's dominated by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesn't give up - from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League team untill she realizes her dream and becomes one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues.

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Books	Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries	W BIOGRAPHIES JOH	Available		24291

Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport that's dominated by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesn't give up - from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League team untill she realizes her dream and becomes one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues.

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