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1. At one point, Charleston fights a player in the showers for having cursed him. Was this the right thing to do?
2. Was Charleston a good man? Do we learn enough about him to able to tell?
3. How does Charleston handle racism? Are his ways of dealing with racism good ones? Would they work today?
4. What does Charleston do that is courageous?
5. Holway makes a point of describing how Charleston performed against major leaguers. How well does Charleston do? What do we learn about him from the accounts of his performances against major leaguers?
6. Just how "major" is a league that will not let Charleston play in it because of his skin color?
7. Charleston played on Latin American teams as well as Negro league teams. Why did he play on Latin American teams? How was he treated in Latin America?
8. Why does Holway focus on...
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