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Curtis Granderson | The Infamous LaGuardia Letter

Curtis Granderson | The Infamous LaGuardia Letter

FromBlack Diamonds


Curtis Granderson | The Infamous LaGuardia Letter

FromBlack Diamonds

ratings:
Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bob Kendrick tells the story of the memorandum from Yankees Co-Owner Larry MacPhail to New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia advising against the breaking of the color barrier in 1945, and how baseball's segregation would come to end just two years later, with help from special narrator Curtis Granderson.Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.comFor more on the story of the McPhail Memorandum at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: nlbm.mlblogs.comInterview with Happy Chandler courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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SiriusXM and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will present an exclusive new podcast series, Black Diamonds. Hosted by museum president and historian Bob Kendrick, the podcast will showcase the history of the Negro Leagues, highlighting the players, people and events that shaped them, as well as spotlighting the leagues’ achievements and innovations during a time of segregation and inequality. Listeners will hear the stories of baseball legends like Jackie Robinson, Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, and important figures like Rube Foster, Effa Manley, Buck O’Neil and many more.