Baseball and the Bomb: The Legacy of the Oak Ridge Bombers

Katatra Vasquez will share the story of the Oak Ridge Bombers, a Black baseball team formed during a pivotal chapter in Oak Ridge’s history. Set against the backdrop of the Manhattan Project, this program will focus on the players who wore the Bombers uniform and the issues they faced during some of the most complex decades in American history.

You may also like the following events from East Tennessee Historical Society:

• This Saturday, 16th August, 10:00 am, History Hootenanny in Knoxville
• Next Monday, 18th August, 10:30 am, Little History Lessons: Suffrage in Knoxville