BASEBALL IN FLORIDA: NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYERS AND DISCRIMINATION

Saturday, Jan. 23, 3 p.m.
Baseball in Florida: Negro Leagues Players and Discrimination
John F. Germany Public Library, 900 N Ashley Drive
FREE

Authors Wes Singletary, Ph.D., and Susan Greenbaum, Ph.D., will serve as featured panelists to discuss the history of Negro Leagues baseball in Florida and the social issues faced by the players.

Wes Singletary is the Chief of Personnel Management, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. He is a Tampa native, author of two books on baseball, and is currently working on a biography of John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, a baseball hall-of-famer from the Negro League.

Susan Greenbaum is a Professor of Anthropology at USF, author of More Than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa which has a section on baseball and Negro League players. History shows that many Cubans brought their love of the game with them around the turn of the 20th century when they moved to Tampa to work in the cigar factories, and many of the Cubans of African descent played in the Negro Leagues. Dr. Greenbaum will speak on the history of Afro-Cubans and baseball.

Event co-sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council, Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library, Ada T. Payne Friends of the Urban Libraries, Development Committee, and Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc.

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