Colorado In Depth

Black History, Baseball History, and William 'Bay Bay' Richardson


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For decades, the name William Richardson symbolized hope and opportunity in a close-knit northeast Denver community. But Richardson had lived an extraordinary life even before that. This is the never-before-told story of a Colorado family who uncovers their dad’s contributions to sports history, Black history, and American history while playing in the Negro Baseball League, a league born out of a period of racial segregation. Then he went on to touch the lives of hundreds of young people in metro Denver.

Colorado In Depth is a podcast of special reporting, documentary news and investigations from CPR News. Follow the podcast for reporting from the Four Corners to the Eastern Plains to the mountains.

Reporter and writer: Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Editor and host: Rachel Estabrook
Sound design, production and mixing: Pedro Lumbraño
Artwork: Mia Rincón
Executive producers: Kevin Dale and Brad Turner
Thanks also to Carl Bilek

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