TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green, Michelle Y.
TI  - A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie ''Peanut'' Johnson
SN  - 0-14-240072-6
PB  - Puffin Books
KW  - Juvenile Non-Fiction/ Biographies
N2  - 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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