May 1, 2021
Connecticut Historical Society's Natalie Belanger talks with labor historian Steve Thornton of The Shoeleather History Project about Black baseball in Connecticut. Thornton is the author of Connecticut Explored's "African American Greats in Connecticut Baseball," Summer 2018.
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To learn more about the
Negro Leagues, check
out this recent talk at the CT Historical Society by Bob
Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas
City.
"African American Greats in Connecticut Baseball," Summer 2018
Shoeleather History Project at https://shoeleatherhistoryproject.com/
Follow the Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League here.
This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.
Photo Credit: Johnny "Schoolboy" Taylor and Savitt Gems business manager Bernie Ellovich, 1930s-40s. Connecticut Historical Society 1990.51.988