“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.
Fighting through the mire of segregation, some of the game’s greatest players make-up the backdrop.
Jackie Robinson was the perfect man to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
J.L. Wilkinson’s gamble paid off in a major way amongst the working class.
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