
Jimmie Crutchfield
The 1935 East-West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago,…

Oscar Charleston
“Charleston not only has the speed of a Carey, the arm of a…

Cool Papa Bell
“He was a beautiful person. Yes he was. Cool Papa Bell. He…

Roy Sparrow
Roy Sparrow was a likable hustler, huckster, and self-promoter…

Spoony Palm
With both Josh Gibson and Bill Perkins, the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords…

William Bell
The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords are often considered to be the…

Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
Greenlee Field, located in the 2500 block of Bedford Avenue,…

Chester Williams
Over the years, the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s…

Sam Streeter
In 1981 the Smithsonian Institution hosted an exhibition called…

Bill Perkins
“My catcher was George Perkins, who handled a pitcher like…

Leroy Matlock
Fittingly, pitcher Leroy Matlock was called “the Black Carl…

Harry Kincannon
In the 1920s, Harry Kincannon left the coalfields of southern…

Bert Hunter
Often referred to as the Pittsburgh Crawfords’ “normal…

Carl Howard
Among potentially awkward encounters between semipro baseball…

Bill Harvey
Bill Harvey was a left-handed pitcher and outfielder who played…

Curtis “Popeye” Harris
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, a time when black baseball…

Roosevelt Davis
The June 6, 1945, headline in The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois)…

Spoon Carter
Although Ernest “Spoon” Carter was never in the top tier…

Ted Bond
“What did I do to deserve this?” If Theodore Bond had asked…

Andrew Patterson
Andrew Lawrence Patterson was born on December 19, 1911, in Chicago.1…
Sam Bankhead
Hall of Famer and Negro League legend Judy Johnson called Sam…

Josh Gibson
"There is a catcher that any big league club would like to buy…

Judy Johnson
“Judy Johnson was the smartest baseball player I ever came…

Gus Greenlee
Gus Greenlee, famed owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, came…