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Chapter 08: The Street Hotel

chapter 08
The Street Hotel

“Wherever you had successful black baseball, you had thriving black economies.”

Bob talks about the iconic Street Hotel and how it became the hottest place to stay in downtown Kansas City.

Buck O'Neil, smiling, black and white

Chapter 01: Chicken Wire

Fighting through the mire of segregation, some of the game’s greatest players make-up the backdrop.

Jackie Robinson, in uniform, smiling in black and white

Chapter 02: Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson was the perfect man to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.

Black and white vintage photo, showing a bird's eye view of a baseball field at night, with lights in the background

Chapter 03: Night Baseball

J.L. Wilkinson’s gamble paid off in a major way amongst the working class.

Diagonal slice of baseball field from overhead; some green grass on the right, and the reddish-brown dirt of the field on the left.

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