Wichita Monrovians
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This episode of Minor League Nerd Special Episodes covers the game played between the black Wichita Monrovians team and a team made up of members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1925. For this episode, we have a special guest host, Cheats from the Black Baseball Mixtape.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_White
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/black-team-beats-klan/
https://www.kwch.com/2023/08/04/beating-kkk-giving-back-more-wichitas-1st-all-black-baseball-team-was-ahead-its-time/
https://www.ksn.com/hidden-history/black-history-month/hidden-history-1925-baseball-game-between-klan-negro-league-team/
https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/island-park-wichita-ks-june-21-1925-the-negro-league-wichita-monrovians-beat-a-ku-klux-klan-team-and-hate-10-8/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EBxF401n6-ZjV4YxJnxfQBmT9rgn8FqT1_MfuawFPNI/edit
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2012/05/26/monrovian-baseball
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2019/02/28/history-guy-wichita-baseball-game-featured-negro-league-team-versus-ku-klux-klan/5805212007/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/47373/when-the-klan-played-an-all-black-baseball-team/
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