Gilbert HS: South Carolina History Research

Collection Details: The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Spectators watch through the fence during the opening games of the Negro Little League season. 2100 Oak Street, Columbia, S.C.

Players from seven local teams flank Negro Little League director C. W. Madden. From left to right are players from Businessman's League, Todd-Moore, Booker Washington Heights, Allen-Benedict Courts, Blue Ribbon Taxi, Simkins' Service Station, and Howard.

Negro Business Men's League Picnic at Howard Playground

Little League baseball all stars at Howard Park. The team is composed of players from the Columbia City Parks negro teams. Coach C. W. Madden is on the far left in front.

C.W. Madden, commissioner of the Columbia Negro Little League, and a team of baseball players at Howard Park.

The Rosenwald Schools of South Carolina exhibit features as its center the forty-three oral history interviews forming the Tom Crosby Oral History Collection that describe the educational experiences of African Americans in South Carolina 1910s-1970s, most of whom attended Rosenwald schools and/or Allen University.

Biographical sketches and statistics for the 4,000 players on the Negro League teams of major league baseball.

Biography of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, one of only three women (so far) to play professional baseball. Johnson was a pitcher with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955.

A dialogue between the author and the legendary pitcher forms the basis of a colorful portrait of Satchel Paige, his youth, his storied baseball career with the Negro Leagues and with the Cleveland Indians, his thoughts about life in a segregated America, and his friendships with other sports greats, celebrities, and others.

Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.