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The Baseball Game Between the KKK and a Negro League Team (Patreon)

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2023-05-09 18:49:02
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When I first found out about this event, I was in disbelief, but sure enough, it did happen. Here's the story of the time a KKK baseball team played a Negro League Baseball League team. It happened in 1925. Despite the racism of the time, it went surprisingly well.

Oh, and stick around 'til the end of the video- a fun fact is hidden in there. :)

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The Baseball Game Between the KKK and a Negro League Team

Mr. Beat tells the story of an unlikely baseball game between a KKK team and a Negro League team in Wichita, Kansas, on June 21st, 1925. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @badsnacks and @incompetech_kmac. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y4hkuJQcYiBi4WmBjSbHMKZBTTZeDaYACgJHrlgCz3c/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading and looking: https://web.archive.org/web/20181217022348/https://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/1997summer_pendleton.pdf https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article252108928.html https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2019/02/28/history-guy-wichita-baseball-game-featured-negro-league-team-versus-ku-klux-klan/5805212007/ https://sabr.org/journal/article/beating-the-klan-baseball-coverage-in-wichita-before-integration-1920-1930/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190205060645/https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hidden-history-1925-baseball-game-between-klan-negro-league-team/1744158240 http://www.wichitaphotos.org/searchresults.asp?txtinput=Ackerman https://pocketsights.com/tours/place/Ackerman-Island-12111:1499 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #ushistory #wichitakansas #americanhistory

Comments

D.F.

I know you already know most of history, but a commoner like myself knew nothing about the negro leagues...until listening to an episode of Stuff You Should Know on the topic. It's amazing, and I recommend it to all who consider themselves green on the topic! Looking forward to this one.

Naterade

I never knew about this! Crazy! Thank you for teaching me something new! I am glad the right team won. My mom was from Wichita and I always appreciate learning historical things about the city. Also, for anyone who doesn’t know, The Negro Baseball Museum in Kansas City is a wonderful museum worth checking out if your ever in KC.

Naterade

If you’re*

Matt Beat
>>108188368

I am but a commoner myself, so no worries. 🙂 I'll check it out. I also recommend the Negro League Museum if you're ever in Kansas City.

D.F.
>>108188368

I live in St. Louis, and two things are on my list for Kansas City: the Negro League Museum and the World War I Museum! I'm not sure how close or far you are from there, but I'll hit you up when I go there next and it would be a dream come true to meet up with you somewhere!

DANTE VERONA

How bizarre! Was never aware of this one man... Done properly this has potential for a great comedy film script.

Matt Beat
>>108188368

I'm about 30 minutes away from both. I've been to the WWI Museum 5 or 6 times, and the Negro League Museum once when I was a kid, but I'm always down to go to both again. You might wait until the new Negro League Museum is built, though! Also, the Steamboat Museum looks cool. I embarrassingly have never been there.

Matt Beat
>>108205004

I'm tellin' ya, the most interesting stuff can be found in non-fiction. Stuff that really happened is often unbelievable.

Devin Canada

you forgot mentioning the KKK was attacking Catholics as well, and any immigrant that put their place of origin first before their name.

Devin Canada

Probably one of the reasons for the game in Kansas is that the KKK did not want to appear to be attacking blacks at all in Kanasas. their pamplet at the time (1920s) didnt mention race at all. their main target was europian immigrant and catholics. The goal being that they wanted to be populated in every state in the country. Kansas and Indiana were considered the best spots to begin a move north. but outright antiblack racism in Kansas at the time was not a popular move.

Devin Canada

I wish i knew about this when i did my video.

Matt Beat
>>108228402

I hinted at it but didn't say it directly. I should have, especially since pretty much all my family is Catholic!