In April, 1945, a city councilman in Boston named Isadore Muchnick insisted that the Red Sox would lose their city-approved permit to play baseball on Sundays if they didn’t make an effort to sign a Black player. In later years his role would be denigrated, as it was implied that he only did it to curry favor with the voters in his mostly Black district, but that wasn’t true. Howard Bryant throughly debunked that myth in his book,
Great post as always Paul! Your knowledge of Negro League players and history is a valuable resource. If its not too much trouble, could you provide me with a biblography of your work on this subject? Thank you Paul🙂👍⚾️
Baseball Remembers: Marvin Williams
Great post as always Paul! Your knowledge of Negro League players and history is a valuable resource. If its not too much trouble, could you provide me with a biblography of your work on this subject? Thank you Paul🙂👍⚾️