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1995
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1995
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1995
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{"value"=>"Series II: Negro Leagues"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of interviews Kisseloff conducted for an unpublished book on the integration of American baseball. Kisseloff interviewed African American and Cuban baseball players who played in the Negro leagues; white and black players who played for integrated teams in the minor leagues; teammates of Jackie Robinson from the Brooklyn Dodgers; and journalists. Of note are substantial interviews with Les Rodney, the sports editor at the <span class=\"title\">Daily Worker</span> who lobbied in the 1940s for the integration of the major leagues. Some of the interviews were for an earlier article Kisseloff was writing on the effect of Jackie Robinson’s appointment to the Brooklyn Dodgers on African American communities in Brooklyn. Interviewees include baseball historians David Falkner and Donald Kaplan, Brooklyn judge Frank Barbara, and Reverend Gardner Taylor from the Concord Baptist Church. Kisseloff also interviewed attendees at a Dodger fan event called Return to Brooklyn Day.</p> <p>The interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee.</p>"}
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1995
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1995