Negro leaguers. To show you how much ability was in the negro leagues they lost. They had all those hall of famers and they lost. I might also mention bibs. Most africanamericans at that time went to black colleges. Bibs went to indiana state. He was out of terra haute, indiana. So bibs was there and because of his great play at the college and some of the work that i was able to do to bring recognition to him and people started to Pay Attention to him, today hes in the indiana sports hall of fame and also the indiana state hall of fame as well. I thought you might want to take at that look at a few of these guys. Theres turkey stearns. They called him turkey because of the way he looked when he ran. Back then they used to pick really good nicknames. Nowadays if you listen to the games they just shorten up the names. Back then they watched the player, watched how far you act. Bell, people remember his name, he got his nickname. He becomes cool papa bell. Turkey got his name because of
Of the game and it wasnt that great of a movie. Even 42, it came out last year, they have one little part in the front that talks about the kansas city monarchs and, you know, you dont see any footage. I think not only the kansas city monarchs, a really good movie could be written about the whole black baseball experience. I think you would need somebody who knew what was going on to write a good movie about it. And i might mention too, when i first started doing research on the negro leagues, going back to the early 80s, ive just seen so many things change. When i first started doing Research People said oh, you wont find photographs. And, of course, after i found 600 of them, actually i found close to always paid his players. Now i have run into players over the years who told me that they are still waiting for third check for a game they played in 1928. But that wasnt the case with wilkinson. And foster as well, kept immaculate records. Players made money playing those teams. Thats
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The Kansas Supreme Court s majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the state. The assertion came in the court s opinion on a ballot signature