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2419059Cum Posey of the Homestead Grayshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/cum-posey-of-the-homestead-grays-9781476634845/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3222563/a09e8c49-ceea-4f61-bd7e-db969c966188.jpg?v=638385053592200000381464MXNMcFarland & Company, Inc., PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>? Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squads driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.</p><p>Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the <em>Pittsburgh Courier</em>. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.</p>...2355163Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays381464https://www.gandhi.com.mx/cum-posey-of-the-homestead-grays-9781476634845/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3222563/a09e8c49-ceea-4f61-bd7e-db969c966188.jpg?v=638385053592200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781476634845_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_<p>? Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squads driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins. Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the <em>Pittsburgh Courier</em>. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.</p>...(*_*)9781476634845_<p>? Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squads driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.</p><p>Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the <em>Pittsburgh Courier</em>. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.</p>...9781476634845_McFarland & Company, Inc., Publisherslibro_electonico_85a8c3a4-af09-381d-9082-70970d828ca8_9781476634845;9781476634845_9781476634845James E.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/mcfarlandcompany-epub-3bfd8df5-b273-4118-84b8-d69854477dd9.epub2020-01-10T00:00:00+00:00McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers