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Huge showdown between the blacks and the Ku Klux Klan in Wichita in a game of baseball.
The blacks won 10-8, but the real story is how everyone was able to get along in sports in spite of their differences. The 2 sides agreed to hire Roman Catholic umpires who would be impartial to both sides.
The Roaring 20's were a tremendous time for people to put their differences aside, I'd love to see America get back to this.
The blacks won 10-8, but the real story is how everyone was able to get along in sports in spite of their differences. The 2 sides agreed to hire Roman Catholic umpires who would be impartial to both sides.
The Roaring 20's were a tremendous time for people to put their differences aside, I'd love to see America get back to this.
The KKK And Baseball History
Some 77 years ago, a team of all-black players met a team of Ku Klux Klan members on the baseball diamond. Fletcher Powell of KMUW in Wichita has the story.
www.wbur.org