Interview: Carl Long, George W. McFadden and Willie Bradshaw recall their time in the Negro League

From: NPR Special | Date: July 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ED GORDON
NPR Special
07-26-2005
Interview: Carl Long, George W. McFadden and Willie Bradshaw recall their time in the Negro League

Host: ED GORDON
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

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I'm Ed Gordon, and this is NEWS & NOTES.

This summer, a traveling exhibit of Negro League baseball memorabilia is making its way around the country. The Times of Greatness mobile museum stops at New York's Yankee Stadium and continues to Washington, DC, St. Louis and points south. This exhibit is keeping alive the great names of players that didn't always get the recognition they deserved. At a recent ...

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