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Convention of "colored" clubs in New Orleans

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: New Orleans, LA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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The New Orleans Times, Aug. 8, 1875 reports that the Athletic BBC of that city calls of a convention of the "colored" cubs of that city to form a colored club association.

Prof. John Blassingame writes that there were 13 "colored" clubs in New Orleans in 1875.

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The New Orleans Times, Aug. 8, 1875

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