The Negro League star known as the Black Babe Ruth was born this date 100 years ago.
Books on Gibson include:
- Josh Gibson: Ther Power and the Darkness
, by Mark Ribowsky (author of a new bio on Howard Cosell)
- Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues
, by William Brashler, who also wrote the novel The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings.
- And just about every worthwhile book about the Negro Leagues.

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