I've talked to a few men who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948: Riley Stewart, a coach and vice principal at my high school; Buck O'Neill, whom Ken Burns made famous; Verdell Mathis, from Crawfordsville in the Arkansas Delta; Joe B.
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June 2, 2024 at 1:59 a.m.
I've talked to a few men who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948: Riley Stewart, a coach and vice principal at my high school; Buck O'Neill, whom Ken Burns made famous; Verdell Mathis, from Crawfordsville in the Arkansas Delta; Joe B.