Birmingham Black Barons History
by Jeff Proctor, 2009-01-22T21:00:23.000-08:00January 22 2009, at 09:00 PM PST
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The Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated. They alternated home stands with the Birmingham Barons in Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, usually drawing larger crowds and equal press.
Drawing largely from a successful ACIPCO Indust... [more]