{"product_id":"cum-posey-of-the-homestead-grays-a-biography-of-the-negro-leagues-owner-and-hall-of-famer-9781476663944","title":"Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James E. Overmyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Courier\u003c\/i\u003e. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46455709991063,"sku":"9781476663944","price":3221.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476663944.webp?v=1769175859","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cum-posey-of-the-homestead-grays-a-biography-of-the-negro-leagues-owner-and-hall-of-famer-9781476663944","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}