Legacies on the Mound: Black Baseball Players in North Dakota History

In celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Bismarck Churchill’s winning their league championship, Phil Dixon will share his talk "Legacies on the Mound: Black Baseball Players in North Dakota History" followed by a book signing. He will share about notable players who had a career in North Dakota, including Satchel Paige. For more than 30 years, author Phil Dixon has recorded African-American sports topics. He has authored nine baseball books and won the Casey Award for the Best Baseball Book of 1992. He received a Society of American Baseball Researchers MacMillan Award for his excellence in historical research. Dixon is a co-founder of the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City and formerly worked in the public relations office of the American League Kansas City Royals.

This event is in collaboration with the Bismarck Historical Society.

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• This Wednesday, 23rd July, 10:00 am, Little Kids, Big World: State Fairs in Bismarck
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• This Saturday, 26th July, 10:00 am, Little Kids, Big World: Wildflowers in Bismarck

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