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on player relations, 139–40

retirement of, 191, 193

Stone with Clowns and, 123–24

DuBois, W. E. B., 12, 19, 106

Dymond, Gloria, 85

Easter, Luke, 67, 160

Eastern Colored League, 113

East-West All-Star game, 149–50, 187–88

Ebbets Field, 67

Ebony,
142, 159

Edwards, Evelyn

childhood of, 13, 15, 19

education of, 49

integration and, 8

racism and, 47, 72

Egan, Florence, 36–37

Engle, Eleanor, 110

entertainment, during games.
see
clowning

equipment, 17, 33, 148, 177–78

Ethiopian Clowns, 93, 173

Executive Order 8802, 52

Fayetteville Bears, 110

Fergus Falls North Stars, 40

Fields, Wilmer, 78, 114n

Florida Colored Hobos, 92

Forbes Field, 140

Fort Worth Tigers, 71, 80

Foster, Andrew “Rube,” 112, 113, 173

Gehrig, Lou, 109

Gibson, Josh, 94, 113, 134, 195, 210

Gordon, Herald “BeeBop,” 65–66, 79–80, 85

Grand Rapid Chicks, 109

Green, Samuel, 87–88

Greene, Joe, 112–13

Greenlee, William Augustus “Gus,” 113

Greenlee Field, 113

Griffin, Jimmy, 47–48

Griffith Stadium, 140

Hall, Jim, 80, 83, 84, 97, 111

Hall of Fame, 199, 209

Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, 4, 13–14

Hamman, Ed, 131n, 152, 154

Hamman, Joyce, 152, 154

harassment

from fans, 77–79, 87

of players, 68

by teammates, 103, 139–40, 187

Harlem Globetrotters, 64

Harris, Eddie, 63–64, 65, 70

Harrisburg Senators, 110

Havana Cuban Giants, 184

Haywood, Albert “Buster”

bus accident and, 147

desertion of player by, 188

Downs and, 151

East-West All-Star game and, 149

injuries and, 129, 136, 139

Johnson and, 159

lack of respect and, 164

Memphis Red Sox and, 175

Morgan and, 160–61

Neal and, 163

on Stone, 123–24, 143

on travel, 132

Hetznecker, Clemy, 12–13

Hilldale Club, 113

Hodges, Gil, 160, 176

Homestead Grays, 67, 78, 93, 95, 114, 175

Hopkins, Gordon “Hoppy,” 139, 159, 202

Hot Springs Bathers, 125n

House of David team, 170

Howe, Elias, 81–82

Hub City Browns, 40

Hughes, Langston, 21, 147

Indianapolis ABCs, 113, 175

Indianapolis Clowns

Aaron and, 116–18

bus accident and, 144–45, 147

contracts and, 115

fans and, 129, 130, 138

Kansas City home opener and, 133–35

standings and, 140

Stone with, 121–22, 126

injuries, 99–100, 128–29, 136, 139, 140–41, 188–89

integration

of Cotton State League, 125n

in industry, 52

loss of community and, 200

Negro American League and, 114–15

Negro League and, 111–12, 124

Pacific Coast League and, 67

press coverage and, 83

Robinson and, 182–83

in tennis, 138

International League, 112

Irvin, Monte, 98–99, 182, 186

Isabella Hard Heads, 198–99, 206

Jack’s Tavern, 57–59, 60

Jackson, Doris, 139, 143

Jacox, Cal, 150, 185

Jim Crow laws

Brown v. Board of Education
and, 180–81

in New Orleans, 71–73

Pelican Stadium and, 77

Ponce de Leon Park and, 88

Robinson’s All-Stars and, 161

trains and, 47–48

travel and, 128, 152–54

Johnson, James Weldon, 32, 92

Johnson, Mamie “Peanut"

background of, 157–59

East-West All-Star game and, 187

integration and, 202

Monarchs home opener and, 180

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and, 207

press releases and, 176

Stone and, 162, 163–64, 167, 178

at Yankee Stadium, 186

Johnson, Marguerite.
see
Angelou, Maya (Johnson, Marguerite)

Johnson, Ralph “Big Cat,” 100, 210

Johnson, Walter “Big Train,” 24, 28

Johnson, William Julius “Judy,” 94, 113

Jones, Rita, 158

Kansas City Athletics, 191

Kansas City Monarchs

Banks and, 98, 129–30

financial troubles of, 193–94

history of, 168–70

home opener and, 133–35

Morris and, 65

Negro League and, 115, 118, 127

Negro National League and, 113

segregation and, 154

Stone and, 164, 167, 172

Keefe, Charles, 2–3, 4–5, 15, 19, 49

King, Martin Luther Jr., 162, 196, 199

King, Richard “King Tut,” 131, 152

King, Saunders, 58, 60

Ku Klux Klan, 30–32, 56n, 87–88, 171

Lacy, Sam, 77, 148–49, 164

Leland Giants, 112

Lincoln Giants, 113

Little Rock Nine, 196

Lombard, Buddy, 94, 95

Long, Huey, 88–89

Los Angeles White Sox, 64

Louis, Joe, 21, 100

Louisiana Weekly,
80–81, 83, 91

Louisville Clippers, 175

Louisville Slugger, 140

Love, Alroyd “Al,” 58, 60, 61

lynchings, 11–12, 89–90, 154, 195

Maggie Riley and her Male Devil Dogs, 121

Manley, Effa, 115–16, 171

Mardi Gras parade, 90–92

Marshall, Bobby “The Grand One Man,” 40, 44

Martin, J. B., 138, 141, 150, 175

Martin, Pepper, 5, 30

Martin’s Stadium, 195

Mays, Willie

age and, 98

early career of, 96–97

with Giants, 186