Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The 1932 Negro Southern League
1. The Horror: Race Culture in the “Lynch Law Center of louisiana”
2. The Jazz age and the Depression: The Different Trajectories of Monroe and Black Baseball in the 1920s
3. The flood: Water, Race, and the Monarchs in Early 1932
Illustrations follow page 34
4. The Monarchs and the Major Leagues: The State of Black Baseball in 1932
5. Spring Training: The Monarchs, the Crawfords, and the Negro Southern League
6. The First Half: April–July 1932
Tables follow page 80
7. The Southern against the South: The first- Half Pennant Controversy
8. The Second Half: July–August 1932
9. The World Series: September–October 1932
10. After September: The Season, the Monarchs, and Monroe in the Popular and Historical Mind
Conclusion: “We Have Yet to Find a Moses”
Appendix 1. 1932 Monroe Monarchs Schedule and Results
Appendix 2. Timeline of 1932 Player/Personnel Acquisitions
Appendix 3. Monroe Monarchs Roster Breakdown and Comparison
Appendix 4. Statistical Analysis of the Available Data for the 1932 Monroe Monarchs
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index