Greensboro is a city in Hale County,Alabama,United States. At the 2010 census the population was 2,497,down from 2,731 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hale County,Alabama,which was not organized until 1867. It is part of the Tuscaloosa,Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The first Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was formed in 1920 with former player Rube Foster as its president.
Braxton Bragg Comer was an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911,and a United States senator in 1920. As governor,he achieved railroad reform,lowering business rates in Alabama to make them more competitive with other states. He increased funding for the public school system,resulting in more rural schools and high schools in each county for white students and a rise in the state's literacy rate.
The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960,including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham,Alabama,with the white Birmingham Barons,usually drawing larger crowds and equal press.
Miles College is a private historically black college in Fairfield,Alabama. Founded in 1898,it is associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the United Negro College Fund.
George "Mule" Suttles was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball,most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons,St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles. Best known for his power hitting,Suttles was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
The Children's Crusade,or Children's March,was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham,Alabama on May 2–10,1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel,the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. Many children left their schools and were arrested,set free,and then arrested again the next day. The marches were stopped by the head of police,Bull Connor,who brought fire hoses to ward off the children and set police dogs after the children. This event compelled President John F. Kennedy to publicly support federal civil rights legislation and eventually led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Ernest Leon Westfield Sr. was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball between 1959 and 1965.
Arthur Lee Wilson was an American professional baseball player. He was an all-star for the Birmingham Black Barons of Negro league baseball before playing part of one season in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants in 1951. He was born in Springville,Alabama. Wilson is recognized as the last player in the Negro leagues to hit .400,having batted .435 in 1948,albeit in only 28 games played that season.
John Mitchell Jr. is an American former football coach and collegiate player. Over the course of his career,Mitchell has broken several racial barriers,one of which was being the first black player for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He served on the staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1994 until his retirement following the 2022 season.
African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama from the era of slavery through the Civil War,emancipation,the Reconstruction era,resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws,the Civil Right movement,into recent decades. According to the 2020 Census,approximately 25.8% of Alabama's population is African American.
Clifford J. DuBose,Sr.,born in Montevallo,Alabama,and nicknamed "Pop" and "Duby",was a former member of the Negro leagues. He was given a try out with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played for Birmingham Black Barons as well as the Memphis Red Sox. He also played for the Nashville Cubs. He played third base and left field. In 1995,he received Congressional Recognition for his playing in the Negro leagues by President Clinton.
Henry Elmore was a retired American third baseman who played in the Negro leagues from 1960 to 1962. During his tenure,Elmore played for the Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Black Barons before the league dissolved. He subsequently enjoyed an extended career with the Birmingham Industrial League along with other former Negro leaguers.
Carl Holden is an American former professional baseball catcher who played in the Negro leagues,in 1960. In his only season,Holden played for the Birmingham Black Barons before going on to join different semi-professional teams. Later on,Holden helped spread awareness about the history of Negro league baseball.
The Memphis Red Sox were an American Negro league baseball team that was active from 1920 to 1959. Originally named the Barber College Baseball Club,the team was initially owned and operated by Arthur P. Martin,a local Memphis barber. In the late 1920s the Martin brothers,all three Memphis doctors and businessmen,purchased the Red Sox. J. B. Martin,W. S. Martin,and B. B. Martin,would retain control of the club till its dissolution in 1959. The Red Sox played as members,at various times,of the Negro Southern League,Negro National League,and Negro American League. The team was never a titan of the Negro leagues like wealthier teams in northern cities of the United States,but sound management led to a continuous thirty-nine years of operation,a span that was exceeded by very few other teams. Following integration the team had five players that would eventually make the rosters of Major League Baseball teams and two players that were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Barry John Shollenberger is a retired American baseball and football coach. During his career,Shollenberger worked in both sports while with Tampa Bay Technical High School from 1965 to 1973. In college baseball,Shollenberger started out with the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team as an assistant coach in 1974. He then became the head coach for Middle Georgia Junior College in 1976. As the head coach for Western Kentucky University from 1977 to 1979,Shollenberger had 77 wins,64 losses and 3 ties.
Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County,Alabama,United States.
Louis Charles Gillis Sr.,nicknamed "Sea Boy",was an American Negro league catcher from 1946 to 1952.
Ernest C. Carter Jr.,nicknamed "Spoon",was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s.
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