Indianapolis, IN - 2011 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners
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Alexander, Lisa Doris - But They Don’t Want to Play with the White Players, Right? – Representations of Negro League Baseball in Popular Culture
Alpert, Rebecca - Who Is That Masked Man? Buster Haywood and the Indianapolis Clowns
Alyea, Patrick - Four Taylors Together in 1914
Baas, Chris and others - Using HALS to Record Black Baseball Landscapes: Student Immersive Learning in Documenting Perry Stadium
Brunson, James Edward - Black Baseball in Logansport, Indiana, 1877-1899
Burgos, Adrian - More than Cuban, Not Just Black: Alex Pompez and how a Negro League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball
Isgrig, Dwayne - The Other Black Sox Scandal?
Laing, Jeff - Playing the Professional Game in the New Mexico Territory: Bud Fowler and the New Mexico Baseball League’s Santa Fe Ancients (1888)
Newman, Roberta - The Business of Barnstorming in the Post ’47 Environment: Engaging the Slow Demise
Peterson, Todd - Seeking Contest with All the West: The French Lick Plutos, 1909-1915
Steverson, Bryan - All-Star Clown to Crown Price: Goose Tatum
Strecker, Geri - Black Baseball in Indianapolis during the Rise of the KKK
Strecker, Trey - A Tale of Three Teams: The ABC’s, Hofeds, and Indians in 1914 Indianapolis
Articles:
Lester, Larry - "Oscar Charleston Honors & Recognition"
Lester, Larry - "This Black Ball Day in Indiana History"
Strecker, Geri - "C.I. Taylor"
Strecker, Geri - "Oscar Charleston - The Hoosier Comet"
Wyatt, David - "The First Negro National League Game"
Poem by Philip Ross: "Negro League Baseball A to Z"
Players Panel
Special presentation of historic marker at Washington Park, home of the Indianapolis ABC's
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Dr. Rebecca Alpert - "Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball"
Dr. James E. Brunson III - "The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press"
Stephanie Liscio - "Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the integration of the Indians and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes"
Todd Peterson - "Early Black Baseball in Minnesota
Film trailer for “Is This Heaven?: The Pete Hill Story” by Keith Carmack
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Annie Yang - Warren, NJ
Emma Murphy - Manassas, VA
$1,000 Library Grants:
Liberty Middle School - Ocala, FL
Edward T. Bowser Sr. Elementary School - East Orange, NJ
Trivia Contest Winner:
Ted Knorr - Harrisburg, PA
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Jeremy Krock - Peoria, IL
Alexander, Lisa Doris - But They Don’t Want to Play with the White Players, Right? – Representations of Negro League Baseball in Popular Culture
Alpert, Rebecca - Who Is That Masked Man? Buster Haywood and the Indianapolis Clowns
Alyea, Patrick - Four Taylors Together in 1914
Baas, Chris and others - Using HALS to Record Black Baseball Landscapes: Student Immersive Learning in Documenting Perry Stadium
Brunson, James Edward - Black Baseball in Logansport, Indiana, 1877-1899
Burgos, Adrian - More than Cuban, Not Just Black: Alex Pompez and how a Negro League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball
Isgrig, Dwayne - The Other Black Sox Scandal?
Laing, Jeff - Playing the Professional Game in the New Mexico Territory: Bud Fowler and the New Mexico Baseball League’s Santa Fe Ancients (1888)
Newman, Roberta - The Business of Barnstorming in the Post ’47 Environment: Engaging the Slow Demise
Peterson, Todd - Seeking Contest with All the West: The French Lick Plutos, 1909-1915
Steverson, Bryan - All-Star Clown to Crown Price: Goose Tatum
Strecker, Geri - Black Baseball in Indianapolis during the Rise of the KKK
Strecker, Trey - A Tale of Three Teams: The ABC’s, Hofeds, and Indians in 1914 Indianapolis
Articles:
Lester, Larry - "Oscar Charleston Honors & Recognition"
Lester, Larry - "This Black Ball Day in Indiana History"
Strecker, Geri - "C.I. Taylor"
Strecker, Geri - "Oscar Charleston - The Hoosier Comet"
Wyatt, David - "The First Negro National League Game"
Poem by Philip Ross: "Negro League Baseball A to Z"
Players Panel
- JOHNNY WILSON --1948-49--of, author, Chicago American Giants
- IRA McKNIGHT --1951-52, 1956-60--of, c, Memphis Red Sox, Kansas City Monarchs, Satchel Paige All-Stars, Birmingham Black Barons
- LUDWIG JOHNSON—1945-46--batboy, Indianapolis Clowns
- CLIFF ROBINSON----1946-48--batboy, Indianapolis Clowns
Special presentation of historic marker at Washington Park, home of the Indianapolis ABC's
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Dr. Rebecca Alpert - "Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball"
Dr. James E. Brunson III - "The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press"
Stephanie Liscio - "Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the integration of the Indians and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes"
Todd Peterson - "Early Black Baseball in Minnesota
Film trailer for “Is This Heaven?: The Pete Hill Story” by Keith Carmack
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Annie Yang - Warren, NJ
Emma Murphy - Manassas, VA
$1,000 Library Grants:
Liberty Middle School - Ocala, FL
Edward T. Bowser Sr. Elementary School - East Orange, NJ
Trivia Contest Winner:
Ted Knorr - Harrisburg, PA
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Jeremy Krock - Peoria, IL
