Birmingham, AL - 2010 - Presentations & Rickwood Field & Award Winners
Presentations: Click HERE for highlights from The Courier
Corey, Mary and Mark Harnischfeger - “Teaching Racism"
Gay, Timothy - “Denting Jim Crow: Satchel Paige and Black-White Barnstorming in the ‘30s and ‘40s”
Gorton, Peter and Sam Sinke – "The Donaldson Network: Creating Content Using Emerging Technologies”
Haupert, Michael– “Integrating Major League Baseball: A Counterfactual Analysis”
Isgrig, Dwayne - “Almost the Third Black Brown: Piper Davis and His Near Miss with Integration in 1947”
Kenney, Rick - “Eating the Peach: Integrating the Macon Nine” [South Atlantic League]
Nelson, Elizabeth “Zann” - “J. Preston (Pete) Hill: The Journey to Left Field"
Peterson, Todd - “Champions of the South: The Birmingham Giants, 1904-09”
Steverson, Bryan - “From Birmingham to Brooklyn: The Baseball Journey of Dan Bankhead”
Strecker, Geri - “C. I. Taylor’s Birmingham Giants: Setting the Standard for Negro League Baseball”
Strecker, Trey - “Pride and Prejudice: The Cuban Giants, the St. Louis Browns and the 1887 Incident at West Farms”
Watkins, Clarence - “Baseball Before Rickwood”
Players Panel
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Dr. Brian Carroll - "When to Stop the Cheering?: The Black Press, the Black Community, & the Integration of Professional Baseball"
Tim Gay - "Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson"
Tour of Rickwood Field by David Brewer, Executive Director.
See the list of 107 Hall of Famers who played at Rickwood Field HERE.
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Chad Richardson - West Chester, Ohio
Lewis Pollis - Cleveland Heights, Ohio
$1,000 Library Grants:
West Lowndes Elementary School, Columbus, MS
S.D. Lee Middle School, Columbus, MS
Trivia Contest Winner:
Karl Lindholm - Cornwall, VT
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Gary Mitchem & McFarland Publishers (Jefferson, NC)
Corey, Mary and Mark Harnischfeger - “Teaching Racism"
Gay, Timothy - “Denting Jim Crow: Satchel Paige and Black-White Barnstorming in the ‘30s and ‘40s”
Gorton, Peter and Sam Sinke – "The Donaldson Network: Creating Content Using Emerging Technologies”
Haupert, Michael– “Integrating Major League Baseball: A Counterfactual Analysis”
Isgrig, Dwayne - “Almost the Third Black Brown: Piper Davis and His Near Miss with Integration in 1947”
Kenney, Rick - “Eating the Peach: Integrating the Macon Nine” [South Atlantic League]
Nelson, Elizabeth “Zann” - “J. Preston (Pete) Hill: The Journey to Left Field"
Peterson, Todd - “Champions of the South: The Birmingham Giants, 1904-09”
Steverson, Bryan - “From Birmingham to Brooklyn: The Baseball Journey of Dan Bankhead”
Strecker, Geri - “C. I. Taylor’s Birmingham Giants: Setting the Standard for Negro League Baseball”
Strecker, Trey - “Pride and Prejudice: The Cuban Giants, the St. Louis Browns and the 1887 Incident at West Farms”
Watkins, Clarence - “Baseball Before Rickwood”
Players Panel
- BILLY RAY HAGGINS --1953-55, 1958—outfielder, Memphis Red Sox
- WILLIE JAMES LEE --1955-59-- outfielder, Kansas City Monarchs, Birmingham Black Barons
- TONY LLOYD --1958-59--second baseman, Birmingham Black Barons
- CHARLES LEE (COOT) WILLIS --1950-- outfielder, Birmingham Black Barons
- and special appearances by BIRMINGHAM SAM BRISON - former clown & 2b for the Indianapolis Clowns;
- RENDON "BULL" MARBURY, former Birmingham Black Baron
- SAM ALLEN, former K.C. Monarch
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Dr. Brian Carroll - "When to Stop the Cheering?: The Black Press, the Black Community, & the Integration of Professional Baseball"
Tim Gay - "Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson"
Tour of Rickwood Field by David Brewer, Executive Director.
See the list of 107 Hall of Famers who played at Rickwood Field HERE.
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Chad Richardson - West Chester, Ohio
Lewis Pollis - Cleveland Heights, Ohio
$1,000 Library Grants:
West Lowndes Elementary School, Columbus, MS
S.D. Lee Middle School, Columbus, MS
Trivia Contest Winner:
Karl Lindholm - Cornwall, VT
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Gary Mitchem & McFarland Publishers (Jefferson, NC)
