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The James White Parkway was built in 1978 between ... way for just that and are honored with statues outside the stadium. In 1931, Benjamin played for the Knoxville Giants, Knoxville's Black baseball ...
The home stadium of the Chicago White Sox won’t be called Guaranteed Rate Field come the start of the 2025 season. The baseball stadium, which opened in 1991 as the “new” Comiskey Park ...
The Negro National League debuted on May 2, 1920. Chicago, including the White Sox, played a role in getting it started, ...
The new stadium's location between the Old City ... Randy Boyd said April 8 when seven statues honoring the legacy of Black baseball in the city were unveiled just outside the ballpark on public ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Seven statues in recognition of Black history and baseball were unveiled on Tuesday at the new Covenant Health Park stadium in downtown Knoxville. Inside the new home turf of ...
As a stadium named for a Negro League player, the facility is another token in town preserving Black history, he said. “This is not just a baseball field; this is a part of history,” said Shabazz.