
Hilton Smith
"I was born in 1912 [sic] in Giddings, Texas, a little town between…

Joe Greene
James Elbert Greene, who went by the first name Joe, was one…

Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City)
Ruppert Stadium was the home of the Kansas City Monarchs…

Willa Bea Harmon
During the 1942 baseball season, many of the articles about the…

Dizzy Dismukes
He was a star pitcher, one who not only threw a no-hitter —…

Tom Baird
Tom Baird was present at the beginning of the Negro National…

Herb Souell
Herb “Baldy” Souell, 5-feet-9 and 150 pounds, carved out…

Willie Simms
Before the lumber,1 natural gas,2 and oil3 industries brought…

Bonnie Serrell
During World War II, the Kansas City Monarchs had two middle…

Frazier Robinson
Henry Frazier Robinson was born on May 30, 1910, in Birmingham,…

Norris Phillips
Norris Phillips may have had a short-lived career in the Negro…

Gread McKinnis
“That McKinnis is one of the best pitchers I have ever seen,”…

Booker McDaniel
Over the course of seven seasons, from 1940 through 1946, Booker…

Jack Matchett
Jack Matchett made his debut with the Kansas City Monarchs in…

Jim LaMarque
“LaMarque was probably the most unassuming of all the Monarch…

Frank Duncan
“When I lost Frank I lost one of my best friends. Baseball…

Johnnie Dawson
Johnnie Dawson’s life was bookended by unknowns. His early…

Frank Bradley
Frank E. Bradley, a fireballing right-handed pitcher who played…

Newt Allen
Second baseman Newt Allen’s Kansas City Monarchs teammates…

Paul Hardy
Paul Hardy was a defensive-minded catcher who played in the…

Buck O’Neil
To tell the story of Buck O’Neil, one needs only to retell…

Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige threw his first pitch in professional baseball…

Connie Johnson
“He would come in and relieve Satchel, and when they put Johnson…

Willard Brown
Ese Hombre — That Man — was Willard Brown’s nickname…