The backstory of how a folksy, quick witted, singing politician from rural Kentucky helped integrate professional baseball
The Negro League Baseball Museum
Terry Bohn's SABR Page
sabr.org/authors/terry-bohn/
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral Histories, University of Kentucky Libraries
https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/
Chandler, Albert Benjamin, interview by William J. Marshall. September 03, 1980, A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Small League Productions
smallleaguestu.com
StoryBlocks
storyblocks.com
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