Thursday, February 23, 2017

Those are my fav. Grays..........from Homestead.........a suburb of Pittsburg, PA..........................who went on to play more than half their games.................on 7th st........NW, Wash Dc..................sharing the field with the Wash Redskins and the Wash Senators..........where Howard U. hospital is now........................The Wash Redskins were the Boston Redskins......................



Neighborhood Heroes: The Homestead Grays and ... - DC Public Library

www.dclibrary.org/node/48640
D.C.'s sports history is long and complicated: one of our first baseball teams was the Homestead Grays, a team that played in the Negro ... Neighborhood Heroes: The Homestead Grays and a Changing Washington ... 1630 7th St. NW.

[PDF]Separate and Unequaled - Anacostia Community Museum

anacostia.si.edu/Resources/Separate-and-Unequal.pdf
Gibson and Walter “Buck” Leonard, star players of the Homestead Grays. ... D.C. Generously supported by the Washington Nationals Baseball Club. .... Aerial view of Griffith Stadium at 7th and U Streets near Florida Avenue NW; May 30, 1955.

Homestead Grays - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Grays
The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in ... However, during this same period the club adopted the Washington, D.C. area as its "home ... July 23, 2011, in Pittsburgh, the Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals wore uniforms of the Homestead Grays and the St. Louis Stars.

[PDF]Lift Every Voice - Cultural Tourism DC

https://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/c/document_library/get_file?uuid...
The following Cultural Tourism DC staff members ... Georgia Avenue was built to extend Seventh Street ..... the Homestead Grays, the Negro League team that.

Book on Homestead Grays looks at segregation in D.C. - Washington ...

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/feb/16/20030216-085551-9737r/
Feb 16, 2003 - He does this by telling the story of the Homestead Grays, a marvelous ... in a black neighborhood at Seventh Street and Florida Avenue NW.

Washington DC Historic Sites | SoulOfAmerica

www.soulofamerica.com/us-cities/washington-dc/washington-dc-historic-sites/
Feb 4, 2016 - ADDRESS: <2700 Q Street NW, Washington, DC MAP ... The champion Homestead Grays, featuring Josh Gibson and Jackie Robinson, played here .... RAPID TRANSIT: Mt. Vernon-7th Street-Convention Center Metro Station.

Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Team Profiles: Homestead Grays

coe.k-state.edu/annex/nlbemuseum/history/teams/homesteadgrays.html
One of the best known black baseball teams, the Homestead Grays' ballclub was organized in 1910, and Cum Posey, who would become the owner of the team, ...

You Gotta Have Heart: A History of Washington Baseball

https://www.archivesfoundation.org/.../gotta-heart-history-washington-baseball-1859-...
Oct 3, 2014 - ... and the Homestead Grays, the DC Negro League pennant winners. ... entrance on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW.

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