Beyond the Shadow of the Senators reveals the true story of the greatest baseball dynasty most people have never heard of -- the Homestead Grays, the Negro Leagues' most successful franchise -- and how the fight to integrate our national pastime began not with Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn, but in our nation's capital. Through numerous interviews with key players (many now deceased), a lost treasure trove of archival material, and unpublished historical photos, the author masterfully recreates how the fight to integrate baseball really began.Filled with intriguing characters like Sam Lacy, the journalist who fought doggedly for integration; Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard, the Negro Leagues' most celebrated sluggers; and club owner Clark Griffith, who thwarted integration at every turn, this fascinating narrative bears witness at last to the greatest legends of black baseball and opens the book on a forgotten chapter in American history.