One Hundred Years of
The Voices
The Pittsburgh Courier. The Chicago Defender. The papers that covered the game the rest of the press refused to see.
Section 07 · Curated excerpts from the Black press
The papers that kept the record.
The Pittsburgh Courier. The Chicago Defender. The papers that covered the game the rest of the press refused to see. Twenty-seven excerpts across three eras, from the founding of the Negro National League to the last game played.
PITTSBURGH COURIER
CHICAGO DEFENDER
1920 – 1960
These words were published in newspapers that no longer exist, about leagues that were dismantled,
covering players whose statistics were not counted for seventy-seven years.
The game was played. The words were written. Both survived.
THE VOICES
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