HIST 380B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Wendell Smith, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey
29 Mar 2017
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Wendell smith of the pittsburg courier calls for immediate political rights for blacks and focuses on jackie robinson. V at home campaign: bringing civil rights to minorities after wwii. New generation: larry doby, roy campanella, jackie robinson, willie mays are negro league players who find themselves as the first black players of the modern mlb. They played in exhibition games against mlb teams. Keensaw landis finally dies after keeping segregation alive particularly against bill veeck"s efforts to integrate the phillies, forcing leo durocher to renounce his comments on integration, and preventing pittsburg from buying josh gibson. 1944- happy chandler becomes commissioner and receptive to integration efforts. 1942- secret poll of mlb owners says segregation must continue.
