Photo Gallery
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Willie Mays (top row, center) with the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons. The team posed for a photo after beating the Kansas City Monarchs in Game 3 of the Negro League World Series pennant race.
Source: Collection of the Negro League Baseball Museum
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Rickwood Field crowd in 1940.
Source: Willie's Boys/John Klima
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Source: Willie's Boys/John Klima
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Rickwood Field on opening day in 1910.
Source: HPEF
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Rickwood Field Crowd 1929. The Dixie Series was so popular, fans stood in the outfield in a roped off area when the stands filled up.
Source: HPEF
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Source: flickr/@jhcbamam35
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Rickwood Field's Women's Suffrage Marker
Source: HMDB.org
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An aerial view of Rickwood Field.
Source: Library of Congress
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Rickwood Field's Barons team in 1930.
Source: HPEF
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— Art Clarkson, owner of the Barons from 1981-1990 and responsible for bringing the team back to Birmingham. His wife Kathy says he always wore a tee shirt and jeans in case he was needed to roll the tarp. Court.jpg
Art Clarkson, owner of the Barons from 1981-1990 and responsible for bringing the team back to Birmingham. His wife Kathy says he always wore a tee shirt and jeans in case he was needed to roll the tarp.
Courtesy of Kathy Clarkson
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A Birmingham Barons ticket.
Courtesy of Kathy Clarkson
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Fans gather at Rickwood Field in the 1980s.
Courtesy of Kathy Clarkson
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Ramsay High School students Zion Rice, Jairus Butler and Lamin Giddens at baseball practice in their school gym, Birmingham, AL.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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Ramsay High School baseball team plays McAdory High School, McAlla, AL.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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Rickwood Field under construction as head groundskeeper Jabreil Weir prepares the field for a Major League game.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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Rickwood Field's ticket window.
Source: New York Times
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Rickwood Field, one of the country's oldest baseball stadiums, remains operational in Birmingham, Alabama.
Source: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Source: Alan Barra
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— Alana and Roy having a catch with gloves from the 1920s in the Rickwood Field tunnels (1).jpg
Alana and Roy having a catch with gloves from the 1920s in the Rickwood Field tunnels.
Credit: Daniela Marulanda
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Executive Producer Alana Schreiber interviews host Roy Wood Jr. at WBHM in Birmingham.
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Senior producer Ben Dickstein speaks with civil rights activist, radio host and occasional Black Barons lefty pitcher Shelley Stewart at his home in Sterret, AL.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— 23 REPLACE. Office of David Wininger, Birmingham lawyer. May of the rooms in his office are dedicated to his extensive baseball collection.jpg
Office of David Wininger, Birmingham lawyer. May of the rooms in his office are dedicated to his extensive baseball collection.
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— Producer Jonah Buchanan interviewing former Negro Leaguer Reaf Blue at his home, less than a mile from Rickwood Field.jpg
Producer Jonah Buchanan interviewing former Negro Leaguer Reaf Blue at his home, less than a mile from Rickwood Field.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— 25 REPLACE. Roy interviewing former Birmingham Black Baron, Al Holt, at his home in Birmingham.jpg
Roy interviewing former Birmingham Black Baron, Al Holt, at his home in Birmingham
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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Roy Wood Jr. interviewing Rev. Bill Greason at Bethel Baptist Church. The basement celebrates Greason's life and career in baseball and beyond.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— Rev. Bill Greason shows Roy some highlights from his career in baseball, in the military and as a pastor.jpg
Rev. Bill Greason shows Roy some highlights from his career in baseball, in the military and as a pastor.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— Roy picking up a bat at baseball practice at his alma mater, Ramsay High School in Birmingham.jpg
Roy picking up a bat at baseball practice at his alma mater, Ramsay High School in Birmingham.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— Roy with Paul Seitz in the dugout of Rickwood Field while it was under construction. Seitz pitched on opening day for the 1964 Birmingham Barons, the first integrated sports team in Alabama.jpg
Roy with Paul Seitz in the dugout of Rickwood Field while it was under construction. Seitz pitched on opening day for the 1964 Birmingham Barons, the first integrated sports team in Alabama.
Credit: Alana Schreiber
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— Producers with Roy Wood Jr. and former Negro Leaguer Ferdinand _Chico_ Rutleddge at the Negro Southern Leagues Musuem..jpg
Producers with Roy Wood Jr. and former Negro Leaguer Ferdinand "Chico" Rutleddge at the Negro Southern Leagues Musuem.
Credit: MLB
