A Pastime of Their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Emancipation and the American Pastime (1x1)

Air date: Jan 07, 2023

Play ball! The recorded history of Black American baseball goes back to the 1850s, when the competition between two teams in New York was recorded in an African American newspaper. Trace the explosion of the game after the Civil War, from informal Juneteenth celebrations to professional teams.