Detroit, MI - 2014 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners
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Booker, Missy - Booker T. Washington: Baseball’s Quiet Ambassador Brunson III, James - Black Style or Baseball Minstrelsy Reconsidered: Literary and Visual Representations, 1860 - 1889 Gillette, Gary - Unearth a Lost Diamond: Hamtramck Stadium, Lost & Found Lindholm, Karl - William Clarence Matthews Peterson, Todd - The Page Fence Giants: 1895 - 1898 Rushing, Lawrence - A Pretty Miserable Way to Make a Buck: The Mind-set of Jackie Robinson Skornickel, George - The Greatest Manager in Negro League History: Vic Harris Spivey, Donald - Satchel Paige in Pitching a New Perspective on the Black Renaissance & the Fight for Civil Rights Steverson, Bryan - Motor City Meteor: When Speed Raced Through Detroit Whirty, Ryan - William Binga: Blackball Stars a Branch in a Distinguished Family Tree Wilkinson, Lizz - Statues of Limitations: Problematic Baseball Sculpture at Nationals Park Articles: Lester, Larry - "Bruce (Buddy) Petway: A Bad Brother" Steverson, Bryan - "Norman Thomas (Turkey) Stearnes: Tennessee's Best" PLAYERS:
Special appearances by 1962 American League batting champion Alex Johnson, local historian and former player Orlin Jones, and Hank Aaron's first cousin, Bill Aaron. Re-Dedication of Hamtramck Stadium by Gary Gillette, with several political figures and players in attendance. The Norman "Turkey" Stearnes family presentation: A very special presentation by Stearnes family set the bar especially high for future conferences. Everyone enjoyed Nettie, his 95-year widow, along with daughters Rosilyn and Joyce, grandsons Gary, Cary and Tony, and granddaughters Karen and basketball coach Vanessa, an English teacher at Bloomfield Hills High School, as they shared their moments about the future Hall of Fame slugger. Joyce sung "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," from the Phantom of the Opera. The lyrics reminded Joyce of special times with Dad and how much she misses him. Joyce also provided a PowerPoint presentation of vintage family photographs. The Stearnes family provided attendees with some unforgettable insights on one of black baseball's greatest dads. Authors Panel: Lisa Doris Alexander - When Baseball Isn’t White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime Adrian Burgos, Jr. - Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line Joel Nathan Rosen & Robert J. Newman - Black Baseball, Black Business: Race Enterprise & the Fate of the Segregated Dollar Donald Spivey - If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige $2,500 Scholarship Winners: Tiffany Bowman from Troy High School (Fullerton, CA) Abraham Griesbauer home-schooled (Troy, MO) $1,000 Library Grants: East Point Elementary School - El Paso, TX J. Garfield Jackson Academy - East Orange, NJ John Coates Next Generation Award Missy Reyes Tyer & Lisa Doris Alexander Tweeb Webb Lifetime Achievement Award Lucky Smith & Bryan Steverson Robert Peterson Recognition Award Joel Nathan Rosen & Roberta J. Newman Trivia Contest Winner: Rod Nelson - Detroit, Michigan Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award: Louis A. Manley, Jr. - Detroit, Michigan |
