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To be a man, Johnnie Wilson, Jr

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“Johnnie Wilson’s oral history, lovingly assembled by Susan Rothenberg, provides windows into large segments of American life seldom so carefully recaptured: rural black America, baseball, the waterfront and, above all, family life in the early twentieth century. Wilson was an …

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“Johnnie Wilson’s oral history, lovingly assembled by Susan Rothenberg, provides windows into large segments of American life seldom so carefully recaptured: rural black America, baseball, the waterfront and, above all, family life in the early twentieth century. Wilson was an ‘ordinary’ decent, fascinating citizen whose story I found simply extraordinary.” Fay Vincent, former commissioner, Major League Baseball

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"“Johnnie Wilson’s oral history, lovingly assembled by Susan Rothenberg, provides windows into large segments of American life seldom so carefully recaptured: rural black America, baseball, the waterfront and, above all, …"

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