in New Orleans, 71–73
Pelican Stadium and, 77
Ponce de Leon Park and, 88
Robinson’s All-Stars and, 161
trains and, 47–48
travel and, 128, 152–54
Johnson, James Weldon, 32, 92
Johnson, Mamie “Peanut"
background of, 157–59
East-West All-Star game and, 187
integration and, 202
Monarchs home opener and, 180
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and, 207
press releases and, 176
Stone and, 162, 163–64, 167, 178
at Yankee Stadium, 186
Johnson, Marguerite. see Angelou, Maya (Johnson, Marguerite)
Johnson, Ralph “Big Cat,” 100, 210
Johnson, Walter “Big Train,” 24, 28
Johnson, William Julius “Judy,” 94, 113
Jones, Rita, 158
Kansas City Athletics, 191
Kansas City Monarchs
Banks and, 98, 129–30
financial troubles of, 193–94
history of, 168–70
home opener and, 133–35
Morris and, 65
Negro League and, 115, 118, 127
Negro National League and, 113
segregation and, 154
Stone and, 164, 167, 172
Keefe, Charles, 2–3, 4–5, 15, 19, 49
King, Martin Luther Jr., 162, 196, 199
King, Richard “King Tut,” 131, 152
King, Saunders, 58, 60
Ku Klux Klan, 30–32, 56n, 87–88, 171
Lacy, Sam, 77, 148–49, 164
Leland Giants, 112
Lincoln Giants, 113
Little Rock Nine, 196
Lombard, Buddy, 94, 95
Long, Huey, 88–89
Los Angeles White Sox, 64
Louis, Joe, 21, 100
Louisiana Weekly, 80–81, 83, 91
Louisville Clippers, 175
Louisville Slugger, 140
Love, Alroyd “Al,” 58, 60, 61
lynchings, 11–12, 89–90, 154, 195
Maggie Riley and her Male Devil Dogs, 121
Manley, Effa, 115–16, 171
Mardi Gras parade, 90–92
Marshall, Bobby “The Grand One Man,” 40, 44
Martin, J. B., 138, 141, 150, 175
Martin, Pepper, 5, 30
Martin’s Stadium, 195
Mays, Willie
age and, 98
early career of, 96–97
with Giants, 186
integration and, 111
Robinson and, 161
Stone’s recollections of, 197
style of, 201
Williams on, 199
Memphis Red Sox, 94–95, 115, 118, 175, 178–79
Minneapolis Colored Keystones, 40
Minneapolis Millerettes, 108
Minneapolis Millers, 5–6
Minnesota Municipal League State Championship, 18
Mobile Black Bears, 116
Montage, Eddie, 96
Morgan, Connie
after baseball, 203–4
background of, 159–60
brother of, 172
Charleston and, 176
at Connie Mack Stadium, 185
East-West All-Star game and, 187
integration and, 202
Monarchs home opener and, 180
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
and, 207
photograph of, 195
retirement of, 191
statistics and, 190n
Stone and, 162, 164, 167
at Yankee Stadium, 186
Morris, Harold “Yellowhorse,” 65–67, 74, 86, 171
Motley, Bob, 171–72, 174–75, 177,
188–89, 208
Murphy, Janabelle, 12–14, 43, 49
NAACP, 11–12, 105
Nashville Elite Giants, 113
Negro American League, 114–15, 121, 133, 173
Negro Association Press, 122
Negro House of David teams, 44, 48
Negro League
clowning argument and, 93–94
decline of, 193–95, 200–201
East-West All-Star game and, 149–50
integration and, 111
newspaper coverage and, 81
opening day, 127
opportunities with, 49
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 205, 206–7
Negro Leagues, history of, 112–14
The Negro Motorist Green Book, 152
Negro National League (NNL), 114, 169
Negro Southern League, 48, 74, 113
Neil, Ray, 124, 127, 135, 140, 163, 184
New Orleans Creoles, 73–74, 86–87, 88–89, 94–96
New Orleans Pelicans, 75–76
New York Cubans, 44
New York Giants, 5, 98, 111, 175, 186
New York Highlanders, 24
New York Yankees, 5, 61, 109, 111
Newark Eagles, 99, 115, 171
Newcombe, Don, 87, 186
newspapers. see press coverage
Oakland Larks, 64–65
O’Neil, John Jordan “Buck”
background of, 173–75
Baird and, 111
Banks and, 129
on Charleston, 164
with Cubs, 205–6
education of, 181
fight with, 190–91
on New Orleans, 73
opposing players and, 188
on salaries, 75
Stone and, 168, 183, 186, 189
warnings from, 154
Osage River Bridge, 144–45
Owens, Jesse, 21, 64
Pacific Coast League (PCL), 62–63, 70, 83, 99
Page, Alan, 73–74, 80, 84–85, 86, 107, 118
Page Hotel, 73, 84
Paige, Leroy “Satchel”
Bismark Churchills and, 41–42
Black Pelicans and, 78–79n
Hall of Fame and, 194n, 199
quotation from, 199
Robinson and, 68
singing and, 113
Stone and, 6, 211
Wilkinson and, 170
Parade Park, 179
Parks, Rosa, 196
Pelican Stadium, 74, 75–78, 86
Peninsula Baseball League, 62
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, 203
Peterson, Robert, 199–200
Philadelphia Stars, 94, 96, 115, 118, 176
Philly Stars, 22
Phyllis Wheatley Negro Community Center, 14
Pittsburgh Courier, 81, 93, 136, 148–49
Pittsburgh Crawfords, 21, 94, 113, 175
Pittsburgh Pirates, 61, 75
Plessy v. Ferguson, 72–73, 181
Police Athletic League (PAL), 158
Pollock, Alan, 118, 151, 208
Pollock, Syd
Aaron and, 116, 118
Baird compared to, 171–72
Charleston and, 175
clowning and, 93–94, 114
contracts and, 115, 163
decline of league and, 191, 194
female players and, 150–51, 159, 160–61, 167, 185
Haywood and, 124, 164
injuries and, 139
in Kansas City, 134
Neal and, 124
O’Neil and, 173
press coverage and, 138
press releases and, 121–22, 144, 176
salary negotiations and, 126, 164–66z
segregation and, 128
Stone and, 118–19, 124, 136, 140, 143, 161
travel and, 130–31, 132, 147
uniforms and, 123, 172
Polo Grounds, 140
Ponce de Leon Park, 88
Portland Rose Buds, 64
Portlock, David, 63–64
Posey, Cumberland Willis “Cum," 93–94, 113–14
press coverage
of Baird, 170–71
criticism in, 136–38, 189
of declining teams, 188
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Ebony feature, 142
inadequacy of, 80–82, 186
by Lacy, 148–49
politics and, 83
of Stone, 27, 37, 135, 150, 177
press releases, 121–22, 144
prostitutes
hospitality of, 155–57
Stone’s uniform and, 172
racism. see also Jim Crow laws; segregation
Colored Giants and, 45–46
fans and, 78–79
restaurants and, 12–13, 117
Zulu parade and, 90–92
Rasberry, Ted, 194, 205
reckless eyeballing, 154–55
Richardson, Ted, 134, 140, 144
Rickey, Branch
Baird and, 170
integration and, 111–12, 114
Robinson and, 68
segregation and, 87–88
Street and, 25
Rickwood Field, 96, 135
Riley, Maggie, 121
Robinson, Deseria “Boo Boo,” 143
Robinson, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie”
age and, 184
All-Star team and, 160–61
Baird and, 170–71
decline of, 194
fans and, 74–75, 186
Hall of Fame and, 194n
integration and, 67–68, 110–11, 112n, 114, 124, 182–83, 201–2
Lacy and, 77
Morgan and, 160–61, 176, 204
quotation from, 193
Robinson, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie”
racism and, 79
salary of, 126
segregation and, 87–88
Smith and, 136
Stone and, 98, 150
Rollins, Norman “Speed,” 14–15, 19
Rondo neighborhood, 4–5, 6, 8, 200
Rondo’s Welcome Hall fields, 38
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 52, 169
Rudd, Charlie, 144, 147
Ruth, Babe, 5, 19–20, 28, 62, 109, 170
Saint Paul Colored Giants, 92
Saint Paul Colored Gophers, 40
Saint Paul Men’s Meat Packing League, 33, 46
Saint Paul Saints, 5–6, 22, 25
Saint Paul’s HighLex girls’ softball team, 18, 33
salaries, 86, 126, 142, 164–66, 167–68
San Diego Padres, 63, 67, 70
San Diego Tigers, 64
San Francisco Giants, 204
San Francisco Sea Lions, 64–67, 69–70, 71, 80, 81, 86
San Francisco Seals, 23, 62–63, 70, 83
San Francisco Seals Stadium, 62, 64
San Francisco Spokesman, 56
Saperstein, Abe, 64–65
Scroggins, John, 67, 85
Seattle Steel Heads, 64–65
segregation. see also integration; Jim Crow laws; racism
in AAGPBL, 109
barbershops and, 9–10
Brown v. Board of Education and, 180–82
children and, 12–13
fans and, 77–78
Hall on, 83
history of, in baseball, 112
Lacy and, 77
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