Black History - Stars and Strikes

DateJanuary 29 1985

Can DescriptionsMaster; Black History - Stars and Strikes

AbstractBlack baseball promo (30 seconds); Robert Dion is host; the 1947 opening in April with Jackie Robinson is recaptured; Once-over, a slave-invented game, is also described; segregation in sports is skirted by passing as Blacks pretending to be Cubans or Indians; in 1903 a Black World Series is held because the Blacks play the game better than the whites; there were six teams in each of the National and American leagues; baseball commissioners set up rules that disallow white teams and black teams from playing each other so that there are no stark comparisons; several retired players talk about life on the road; Commissioner Happy Chandler, who assumed chairmanship upon the death of the previous chairman, abolished the rules about segregation and contracts were offered to Black players;

OtherCredits: Produced by KARL NURSE, hosted by ROBERT GUILLAUME, written by STEVE HEMENWAY, edited by ALAN PRATT, associate producer KAREN HOLMES, researcher RENEE WESTBROOK, post production ALAN PRATT, SUSAN KRIEGER, graphic design MARCELLE WATKINS, videography BILL HARTIGAN, LIBE STRIL-REVER, JOHN B. AYNARD, BOB BIRKETT, sound recordists ELLEN BOYCE, HOWIE ROUSE, GILDA BRASCH, FRANK COAKLY, intern SHERYL WILKINS, special thanks to: NEGRO BASEBALL HALL OF HISTORY, JOHN HOLWAY, DICK AMARAL, NewsCenter Five, v.p. of community programming DONNA LATSON GITTENS, v.p. of programming PAUL LaCAMERA