Article: Rep. Driehaus Introduces Resolution Concerning Third Annual Civil Rights Baseball Game

Civil Rights Game Baseball
AP Images;  September 18, 2008 ;     258 words ... ... the Reds announced that Great American Ball Park will be the site for the third annual Major League Baseball Civil Rights baseball game. The Cincinnati Reds will play the Chicago White Sox on June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

Article: Civil rights museum stories show bias
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... upset at the news article on the civil rights museum. I wonder if the Post ... Richard Hatcher. I believe the civil rights museum would be a plus for Northwest ... residents attended a Little League baseball game in any kind of numbers? Even ...

Article: Ali captivates All-Star baseball game crowd
AP Worldstream;  July 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... great boxer, but he was an outspoken person." Others weren't so excited about Ali's appearance in Houston. A local civil rights group, the Houston National Black United Front, urged Ali not to participate in the ceremony, saying that he'd be better ...

Article: And then a baseball game became our history
Black Issues Book Review;  July 1, 1999 ;     624 words ... ... 27.95, ISBN 0-813-91884-7). Adelson's narrative of an often overlooked yet significant segment of the Civil Rights Movement offers enlightening insight into the uphill battle faced by determined athletes. Adelson resurrects the period ...

Article: Baseball's beacons.(John H. Johnson's Major League Baseball's ...
Jet;  April 21, 2008 ;     559 words ... ... following the Baseball & Civil Rights Movement roundtable discussion ... their plaques prior to the Civil Rights Game exhibition baseball game in Memphis. Dee received ... Award for being a champion of civil rights throughout her life. Robinson ...

White Sox Mets Spring Baseball
AP Images;  March 29, 2008 ;     262 words ... ... receive their Beacon Awards prior to the Civil Rights Game exhibition baseball game Saturday, March 29, 2008, in Memphis, Tenn ... individuals for their efforts on behalf of civil rights throughout the world. The late John H. Johnson ...

Article: Japanese royalty begin U.S. trip. (Originated from Knight-Ridder ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 9, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... in 19 years, will take the couple to 10 cities, from coast to coast. They'll speak with civil rights leaders in Atlanta, watch a baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, meet elderly Japanese Americans in San Francisco and visit Stanford ...