Sports Beat and Change of Pace newspaper columns, 1961 June 03

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Sports Beat and Change of Pace newspaper columns

Date1961 June 03

DescriptionA newspaper clipping with Wendell Smith's Sports Beat on one side and Bill Nunn, Jr.'s Change of Pace on the other. Wendell Smith's article criticizes Earl Robinson for submitting to segregation citing a particular time at a southern hotel. On the reverse, Nunn's article discusses changes to the fielding situation on the All-Star baseball teams. The article discusses movements that might edge African-American players out of the roster.

Object numberBL-1997-00571-115

Subject Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

Subject Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)

Subject Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 001 Wendell Smith papers

Dimensions11 x 7.75 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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