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How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League team

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League teamMembers of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star YMCA team chat before a game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2011.Robert E. Pierre/The Washington Post via Getty Images

John Rivers, John Bailey, David Middleton, Leroy Major and Buck Godfrey – all teammates from the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Star team – left...

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