Announcement: New baseball journal on the Negro Leagues

Reprinted in its entirety from an e-mail I received.

Dear Researchers and Educators,

I am writing to inform you about a new journal that may be of interest to you for your own scholarly research or for your students and colleagues. Black Ball is a peer-reviewed journal to be published twice each year by McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers. With an editorial board of leading historians and an emphasis on original and authoritative research, the journal promotes study of Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues baseball.

As the editor I invite articles on all subjects related to black baseball, including but not limited to Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball;and the arts. A wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies are welcome.

Articles should generally run between 2,000-7,000 words, exclusive of the required end notes and abstract, and should be submitted to the editor as either double-spaced hard copy and disk or as an email attachment in Microsoft Word. Editorial decisions will be sent out within 60 days of manuscript receipt.

The expected publication date for the two issues will be the spring and fall of each year. Articles accepted by October 1st will be considered for the spring issue and articles before April 1st for the fall issue.

I hope you will consider submitting your own research and letting others know about this opportunity.

Sincerely,

Dr. Leslie Heaphy
Associate Professor, History
Black Ball Editor

KSU Stark Campus
6000 Frank Road North
Canton, OH 44720
330-244-3304
Lheaphy@kent.edu