Look for the under appreciated
We have very similar interests. I have collected integration items for years- though in the last 2 years I have been consentrating on the Long Branch Cubans
There are a lot of things out there that you might not realize (many books)- cheap stuff that will cost less then 100 bucks but is very worth it
Try google book searches and a lot of neat things will pop up
A couple of examples of the kind of stuff
1 Man on Spikes - few know it has an entire chapter on integration
2. The Negros in Sports by Edwin Henderson - the 1949 edition had an whole chapter on integration
3. Baseball Joe Around the World - has a number of pages about a game with a fictionalized version of Jose Mendez brought in as a ringer
I am sure there are many others out there, they won't hurt the bank account, and the search will fill the void until something big comes up
Jason
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