Bob Kendrick tells the story of Buck O'Neil's favorite team - the 1942 Negro World Series Champion Kansas City Monarchs. Plus, KC baseball legend Frank White sits down to talk about Kansas City's championship history - from the '42 Monarchs, to his '85 Royals, and the modern day Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association.

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Hear Stephen Banker's full conversation with Newt Allen - Black Diamonds: Newt Allen

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Bob Kendrick tells the incredible story of Hall of Famer Leon Day, and sits down with Orioles All-Star Cedric Mullins to discuss the legacy of Black baseball in Leon's hometown of Baltimore.

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Interviews with Effa Manley and Larry Doby courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org

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Bob Kendrick discusses the life and legacy of Negro Leagues pioneer Toni Stone with award-winning actor April Matthis, star of "Toni Stone" on stage.

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Interview with Toni Stone courtesy of This Week in Baseball, Major League Baseball

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Bob Kendrick explores the legacy of three pioneering women who starred in Negro Leagues baseball - Toni Stone, Connie Morgan, and Mamie "Peanut" Johnson. Plus, Bob sits down for a conversation with Martha Ackmann, author of "Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone".

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Interview with Gordon Hopkins courtesy of the University of Baltimore, Special Collections & Archives - Oral Histories

Interview with Toni Stone courtesy of This Week in Baseball, Major League Baseball

Interview with Minnie Forbes courtesy of MLB.com, Major League Baseball

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Three-time All-Star Curtis Granderson sits down with Bob Kendrick to discuss his reaction to the letter written by Yankees Co-Owner Larry MacPhail defending baseball's segregation in 1945, as well as his take on the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the Negro Leagues, and his work in present day with the Players Alliance.

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Bob Kendrick tells the story of the memorandum from Yankees Co-Owner Larry MacPhail to New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia advising against the breaking of the color barrier in 1945, and how baseball's segregation would come to end just two years later, with help from special narrator Curtis Granderson.

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Interview with Happy Chandler courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org

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William Rhoden, author of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves", discusses the impact of integration - both positive and negative - on the Black community, the legacy of Negro Leagues baseball, and the role of the Black Press in breaking baseball's color barrier.

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Interview with Bob Feller courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org

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Bob Kendrick takes an in-depth look at the history of baseball's segregation, and the forces who paved the way for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier.

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Interviews with Bill Veeck, Happy Chandler, Shirley Povich, Monte Irvin, and Calvin Griffith courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org

Interview with Sam Lacy courtesy of the SABR Oral History Collection - https://sabr.org/

Lester Rodney selections from “Crime of the Big Leagues” produced by Tomorrow Media and Rough House

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