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Indianapolis, IN - 2011 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners

Presentations: Click HERE for highlights from The Courier
  • 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
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  • Books
    • Black Baseball's National Showcase UPDATED
    • Caged Champions
    • Negro Leagues Book Vol 1
    • Negro Leagues Book Vol 2
    • New York City
    • First Colored World Series
    • Rube Foster in his Time
    • Black Baseball in . . .
    • Black Baseball's National Showcase
  • Author
    • Author's Bio
    • Education & Scholarship
    • Our Guest Speaker Today
    • Professional Memberships
  • NoirTech
    • Media Appearances
    • Research Contributions
    • Client List
  • Exhibits
    • Crowning Achievements
    • The HELP
    • Currency of Change
    • Black SITCOMS
    • The True Museum
  • Number 42
    • 42 Tribute
    • Why Jackie Robinson?
    • Honoring #42
    • 10 Highlights of 50th Anniv.
    • 50 Fast Facts on JR
  • Grave Markers
    • Sol White Dedication
  • Contact Us