Tag: Jackie Robinson
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Now available – “A perspective CUBA”
Following a 7 year journey to CUBA to research “Racism in Cuba” and “The Negro League presence in Cuba” this long-awaited book is about to be released. It should be available online in September or the last quarter of this year. NOW AVAILBLE The book explores Fred’s journey to 10 of the 15 provinces of…
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Kansas City Trek – The Negro Leagues Museum and other sites
We made this trek needing to nail down a visit to the Negro League Baseball Museum so I could wrap up research for my Cuba trek, which ties the “Negro League presence in Cuba.” We call them treks because we are on very tight budgets so once we arrived we discarded the car rental and…
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Jackie Robinson #42
This year marks the 75th anniversary that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. These are just a few images which include the great mural by Jonas Never at John Muir High School in Pasadena, CA
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The “Ravine” Dodger Stadium – some scenes
Dodger Stadium known as Chavez Ravine was scheduled to host the 2020 All-Star Game. Covid changed all of that but stadium improvements were already underway to get it ready for MLB’s big show. The 2021 season started and since Covid had become more manageable fans are allowed to attend in person. For now, the cavernous…