The power of one : typescript, [2001?] : Thomas Fitzgerald and the origins of interracial baseball / by Ryan Feeney. [2001?]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

The power of one : typescript, [2001?] : Thomas Fitzgerald and the origins of interracial baseball / by Ryan Feeney. [2001?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49318199

This paper discusses discrimination in baseball in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania following the Civil War. It talks about the efforts of a newspaper editor, Thomas Fitzgerald, to get white teams to play black teams.

Processed : 1 folder : 18 leaves.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7605234

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Philadelphia Olympic Club (Baseball team)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pw19nm (corporateBody)

Fitzgerald, Thomas E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq1nf3 (person)

Thomas Firzgerald was a Philadelphia playwright. From the description of Plays, 1868. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524333 ...

Feeney, Ryan.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz5x7w (person)

Thomas Fitzgerald started a newspaper in Philadelphia called the City Item in 1847. As editor of the newspaper, Fitzgerald was aggressive in all that related to race equality. He was a sports fan who in 1860 helped to organize the Philadelphia Athletic Base Ball Club and became it's president, a position which he held for five years. He was elected president of the National Association of Base Ball Players in 1862. From the description of The power of one : typescript, [2001?] : Thom...

National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk859q (corporateBody)

Philadelphia Pythians (Baseball team)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z943h3 (corporateBody)