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1 The Indianapolis Clowns & Negro Baseball By Gil Hernandez Black TAH Grant Program History Talks April 17, 2013

2 Negro League World Series, Philadelphia, PA, 1924

3 The Indianapolis Clowns

4 King Tut, manager Oscar Charleston & Connie Morgan

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8 Syd Pollock, Tarrytown, NY

9 “Clown” Team: The Zulu Cannibal Giants

10 Bingo Long Bingo Long

11 Jackie Robinson

12 Only the Ball Was White, Jews and Blacks in Baseball Only the Ball Was White, Jews and Blacks in Baseball

13 Baseball Hall of Fame Negro League Players Satchel Paige (1971) Josh Gibson (1972) Buck Leonard (1972) Monte Irvin (1973) Cool Papa Bell (1974) Judy Johnson (1975) Oscar Charleston (1976) John Henry Lloyd (1977) Martin Dihigo (1977) Rube Foster (1981) Ray Dandridge (1987) Leon Day (1995) Willie Foster (1996) Willie Wells (1997) Bullet Rogan (1998) Smokey Joe Williams (1999) Turkey Stearnes (2000) Hilton Smith (2001

14 Baseball Hall of Fame Negro League Players In February 2006, a committee of twelve baseball historians elected 17 more people from black baseball to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, twelve players and five executives. Negro league players (7) Ray BrownRay Brown; Willard Brown;Willard Brown Andy CooperAndy Cooper; Biz Mackey;Biz Mackey Mule SuttlesMule Suttles; Cristóbal Torriente;Cristóbal Torriente Jud Wilson Pre-Negro league players (5) Frank GrantFrank Grant; Pete Hill; José Méndez;Pete HillJosé Méndez Louis SantopLouis Santop; Ben TaylorBen Taylor

15 Gil Hernandez Black, Age 19, 1956


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