Negro League
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Karl Lindholm: Recognition is finally here for Negro Leagues
I didn’t think it would ever happen. Practically speaking, I didn’t think it was possible: that is, that the brilliance of Black baseball players during the 60 years…
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Film celebrates the journey of Negro League baseball
Next week, Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m., the 2023-2024 MNFF Selects Monthly Movie Screening Series continues with a presentation of “The League,” at Town Hall Theater in…
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Karl Lindholm: The third front of baseball’s integration: Trois Rivières, 1946
Road trip to Trois Rivières, Quebec, for a ballgame. At least that was the plan.
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Karl Lindholm: Vic Power & Piper Davis: Should have been first!
One thing the Red Sox and Yankees had in common, historically, was a reluctance to sign dark-skinned players after the historic breakthrough in 1947 of Jackie Robinson with…
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Karl Lindholm: The Pride of Memphis: Larry, Lefty, and Charley
The latest in a series of columns inspired by the centennial of baseball’s Negro Leagues. In any discussion of race and baseball, Red Sox don’t fare very well…
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Karl Lindholm: Satch, Fleet, and Diz: The “Porous” color line
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series inspired by the centennial this year of baseball’s Negro Leagues. Baseball, the American version of the British games of…
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Karl Lindholm: Charley and Doc Sykes, sportsmen of character and integrity
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series inspired by the centennial of baseball’s Negro Leagues. “Whether confronting the challenges of world population growth or the nutritional…
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Karl Lindholm: Jackie, then Larry: Pumpsie was first. Who was second?
Latest in a series of reflections inspired by the 2020 centennial of Baseball’s Negro Leagues. Larry Doby was the second Black player in the major leagues, first appearing…
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Karl Lindholm: Fortitude, creativity and excellence: “We Are the Ship”
Editor’s note: Third in a series on the centennial of baseball’s Negro leagues. Perhaps you have seen the cover of the New Yorker magazine from June 22. It has been…