Mexican American Baseball in the Pomona Valley (Images of Sports)
Richard A. Santillan, "Mexican American Baseball in the Pomona Valley (Images of Sports)"
ISBN: 1467132284 | 2014 | EPUB | 128 pages | 71 MB
This volume pays homage to the wonderful teams and players from Azusa, La Verne, Claremont, Pomona, Chino, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Upland. A common thread of all these diverse communities was the establishment of baseball teams and, later, softball teams. Baseball played a critical role in advancing civil and political rights, labor reform, gender equality, educational integration, and cultural legitimacy. These remarkable photographs revive the often-overlooked history of Mexican American baseball in the Greater Pomona Valley.