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Beyond the Baseball Color Line
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Rebecca Bratspies, New York environmental and human rights lawyer, shared with me the extraordinary and inspirational life story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in US Major League Baseball, back on April 15 1947, after crossing the Baseball Color Line. Having written "Naming Gotham - The Villains, Rogues and Heroes Behind New York's Place Names", Rebecca was able to share stories of many other characters who have been commemorated on New York bridges, tunnels, parkways, boulevards and parks. But why did they commemorate the rogues as well as the heroes?
For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/beyond-the-baseball-color-line
Thanks to Scott Beckwith for his fantastic song "Mercy" used throughout this episode.
Mercy (Scott Beckwith - American Bandwagon, track 04) By Parking Lot Music is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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