I thought, hmm, if theres a lot of black girls and women in the mid century trying to play baseball maybe theres a longer history here. Thats what set me out to find some of the stories in the book that take us from track, to tennis, from baltimore to rome, and looking at black women and sporting history in the 20th century. Two names, one quite familiar, hank arron and stony stone . Yeah. Again, like i said, those baseball women who i stumbled upon, they were brought in at the kind of fall of the negro leagues. The negro leagues had been a huge institution in the black community. It provided ownership and upward mobility for Business Owners and opportunity to play for black men at the time. Always pushing for integration of the majors. Jackie robinson broke formally the color line. What we see after that is an exodus of the top tier talent. Theyre going into the majors with no compentation back into their teams. The negro leagues are in steady decline. People are looking around trying
Wikipedia, anybody could write wikipedia. You could write wikipedia. I write wikipedia. Anybody who wants to share in the compilation and sharing of human knowledge. How do you check it . One of the fundamental rules of wikipedia is that everything is verifiable, and so anything that you read on wikipedia should have been written in an another reliable source first. And then it was cited in wikipedia and summarized. So if you look at a wikipedia article and you look all the way at the bottom, all those little footnotes, those are all sources, so you should in theory be able to verify anything you read on wikipedia by following those sources. And if youre the subject of one of those wikipedia biographies or articles and the information is blatantly false or wrong, how can you correct it . So its tricky. A lot of people would be tempted to go and edit their biography themselves, which is a little its a hairy business because wikipedia has a conflict of interest policy. So the idea you ca
She was brought to britain to have London Bridge. Sex with Prince Andrew urges the girlfriend and family the British Public to stand beside of 25 year old jack merritt join mourners at a service in her. A man who killed three elderly men cambridge. In london, political leaders because he wrongly believed they were paedophiles gather to pay tribute. An eyewitness to the attack has been remembers the courage of those who tried to stop cleared of murder. It. It felt like a war zone, as two weeks of talks on climate it felt like total chaos, change begin in madrid, the un secretary general says but these guys stepped up the world must end its war against nature. In the moment and, you know, disruption for thousands did what few you would of rail passengers as workers on South Western Railway do, begin a 27 day strike in a dispute and put their own lives in harms way. Well be looking at how usman khan was free to attack and how it could be prevented from happening again. Also tonight. The w
The American Woman who says she was brought to britain to have sex with Prince Andrew urges the British Public to stand beside her. He knows what happened. I know what happened and there is only one of us telling the truth and i know that is me. And Climate Change, the point of no return is hurtling towards us, a warning as political leaders gather at a special summit. Misery for rail passengers as workers on South Western Railway begin a 27 day strike. Join me, adam fleming, in halfan hour where we will talk about the political fallout from the London Bridge attack and look at what the opinion polls really tell us. Police in essex have launched a Murder Investigation after a 12 year old boy was killed in a car collision near a school. Four teenagers and a 53 year old woman were also hurt in the crash, which happened near Debden High School in loughton. The force have asked the public to help them find a silved ford ka which they believe is of interest to their inquiries. We will bring
OfJeffrey Epsteins accusers has said he wants Prince Andrew to testify as a witness in the us court cases. He knows what happened. I know what happened. And theres only one of us telling the truth, and i know thats me. And the island states suffering the brunt of Climate Change. We report on the International Conference thats meant to agree big changes. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Barcelona and argentina forward lionel messi has won the ballon dor for a record sixth time. Us midfielder Megan Rapinoe took the womens award. Good evening. Three days after the attack on london bridge, vigils have been held for the victims, 23 year old saskia jones and 25 year old jack merritt. Theyd both been helping to run a programme for educating offenders when one of those attending, usman khan, attacked people with a knife. Mr merritts father has criticised some of the response to the attack, including political pledges to review the Early Release of convicted terrorists. He said his son h