{"product_id":"we-are-the-ship-the-story-of-negro-league-baseball-coretta-scott-king-author-award-winner-hardcover","title":"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKadir Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKadir Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling classic, Caldecott Medal-winning artist Kadir Nelson tells the incredible story of baseball's unsung heroes--with stunning, larger-than-life paintings and lively, accessible prose. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Features nearly fifty iconic oil paintings, and a dramatic double-page fold out illustration! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are the Ship \u003c\/i\u003eis a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined team owners, of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship, of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of Black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Additional content at the end includes an author's note, index, and bibliography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Kadir Nelson's next American Sports History book: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKadir Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a highly acclaimed painter and the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Caldecott Medal winner \u003ci\u003eThe Undefeated\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Kwame Alexander; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor as well as the Sibert Medal; \u003ci\u003eBasket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was an NAACP Image Award winner, Caldecott Honor Book, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner. His work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Kadir's original paintings are in the permanent collections of the US House of Representatives and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture. A recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, he has also been inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. 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