Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby

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Aware of Mr. Doby's neglect by biographers, Mr. Moore, who has been a fan of his subject ever since he heard the Doby legend, seeks to give him recognition. . . . Mr. Moore effectively uses records, interviews, and a clear narrative style to make his points (what is more persuasive in sports than an athlete's record! what is more animated than public statements and their refutations!), and gives voice to some of Mr. Doby's severest critics. Pride Against Prejudice is a tribute to both its author and Larry Doby
New York Times Book Review

This is an excellent biography of Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League and one of the first black managers in the major leagues. . . . Moore has done a superb job of researching Doby's life and writing about it. The book is highly recommended. The Sporting News

As the second black major league baseball player, following Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby has never received the acclaim accorded to Robinson; yet his experiences of segregation and racial invective, and his courage and ability to excel in the face of almost overwhelming circumstances, were equivalent. This fascinating biography brings to light many interesting and little-known facts concerning Doby's life and baseball career, and his contribution as a civil rights pioneer in the American League. His story is perceived as the story of the many black men who followed him into major league baseball, and who shared importantly in pioneering the integration of the sport.

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. . . this biography has an interest even for those who are not baseball buffs.-The Journal of Southern History
. . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing integration of professional sports in the 1940's and 1950's.-Canadian Journal of History of Sport
. . . The book is clearly written and exhaustively researched, and can take its place next to any of the recent entries in baseball history.-Baseball Hobby News
Larry Doby was the first black player in the American League, going back to the Cleveland Indians just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Aware of Mr. Doby's neglect by biographers, Mr. Moore, who has been a fan of his subject ever since he heard the Doby legend, seeks to give him recognition....Mr. Moore used records, interviews and a clear narrative style to make his points (what is more persuasive in sports than an athlete's! what is more animated than public statements and their refutations!), and gives voice to some of Mr. Doby's severest critics. There is an objectivity in tone, as well as a scholarly approach and copious footnotes. Pride Against Prejudice is a tribute to both its author and Larry Doby.-The New York Times Book Review
." . . this biography has an interest even for those who are not baseball buffs."-The Journal of Southern History
." . . Moore's effort is a solid study of a solid individual. Based on a lot of oral history as well as journalists' accounts, Pride Against Prejudice continues to fill in the details of the ongoing integration of professional sports in the 1940's and 1950's."-Canadian Journal of History of Sport
." . . The book is clearly written and exhaustively researched, and can take its place next to any of the recent entries in baseball history."-Baseball Hobby News
"Larry Doby was the first black player in the American League, going back to the Cleveland Indians just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Aware of Mr. Doby's neglect by biographers, Mr. Moore, who has been a fan of his subject ever since he heard the Doby legend, seeks to give him recognition....Mr. Moore used records, interviews and a clear narrative style to make his points (what is more persuasive in sports than an athlete's! what is more animated than public statements and their refutations!), and gives voice to some of Mr. Doby's severest critics. There is an objectivity in tone, as well as a scholarly approach and copious footnotes. Pride Against Prejudice is a tribute to both its author and Larry Doby."-The New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

JOSEPH THOMAS MOORE is Professor of History at Montclair State College in New Jersey.