In this episode of The Invisible Men, Ian and Nique speak with Professor Gerald Early about his new book Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America. They explore the legacy of the Negro ...

When Jackie Robinson entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his informational plaque didn’t mention that he had broken baseball’s color line. As Gerald Early notes in “Play Harder: The ...

When the Harrisburg Giants and York Monarchs took to baseball diamonds across Pennsylvania in the early 20th century, they weren't just playing a game – they were writing an important chapter in ...

Vol. 1 contents: -- Introduction: Gnostic or Gnomic? / Gerald Early -- pt. I. On Being Black -- On Being Black / W.E.B. Du Bois -- On Being Black / Eric D. Walrond -- Black Pride / Kimbal (Stroud) ...

When Orhan Pamuk was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, he made Gerald Early look pretty smart. That’s because the Center for the Humanities at Washington University, which Early directs, ...

In his latest work, Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America, award-winning author and cultural critic Gerald Early takes readers on a sweeping, deeply researched journey through the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The books were behind schedule. But as they now hit the shelves, ink barely dry, their timing appears impeccable. While the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Gerald Early Gerald Early, an English professor at Washington University and the author of several books, will get a star on the ...

Introduction : Tales of the wonderboy / by Gerald Early -- Poet and pedagogue / A.J. Liebling -- The marvelous mouth / Tom Wolfe -- Miami notebook : Cassius Clay and Malcolm X / George Plimpton -- ...

Washington University professor and author Gerald Early was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame on Thursday morning before an enthusiastic crowd of family, colleagues, friends and admirers and to ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Gerald Early is a Professor for African and African-American Studies in the Washington University in St. Louis with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance ...