July 13, 2023 ‘A Story That Didn’t Used To Be Told’: The Rise and Fall of Baseball’s Negro Leagues Andrew Lawrence The Guardian In an eye-opening documentary The League, director Sam Pollard tells a fully-rounded tale of how Black baseball used to thrive. By the 1940s, baseball was the third largest economic institution in Black communities.
poetry March 27, 2015 Barnstormers Malik Abduh Four Way Review Issue 4 Fall 2013 With baseball's opening day this week, Malik Abduh's "Barnstormers" evokes the days when race prejudice barred great athletes from the major leagues.
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