We Are the Ship is the start of a saying by Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League, that continues “All Else the Sea.” The remarkable men who journeyed in Black baseball from its founding the 1920’s through its collapse in 1947 when Jackie Robinson entered the majors are the focus of this loving tribute written and magnificently illustrated by Kadir Nelson. For all lovers of our National Pastime. A first edition with a forward by Hank Aaron, this is in Fine condition in dj and received the Coretta Scott King Award in 2009.