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An all-Black Little League team made history without playing a game

IU School of Liberal Arts Journalism professor, Dr. Chris Lamb chronicles the hard reality of inequity of an all-Black Little League team in 1955.

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Sep 14, 2022
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IU School of Liberal Arts Journalism professor, Dr. Chris Lamb chronicles the hard reality of inequity of an all-Black Little League team in 1955.

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