TN Writers | TN Stories : Keith B. Wood, Ph.D., "Memphis Red Sox" in conversation with Skip Nipper

he Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History examines the city's symbolic meaning and value as a Negro leagues baseball city during Jim Crow. It locates the main intersections between black professional baseball and the South in the four decades that spanned the modern Negro leagues era. The Memphis Red Sox, a black-owned and operated organization, stood as a pillar of success. Baseball provides a way to examine the racial inequalities and issues that pervaded the city in those years. The team centered itself in their black-owned stadium, which served as a forum for political assertion and an arena for real political struggle for blacks in Memphis.

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This event is part of our TN Writers | TN Stories series. Readings and discussions take place in the Digital Learning Center at the Tennessee State Museum. All events include an opportunity to purchase books through the Museum store and get them signed by the author. If you show your Eventbrite ticket you will receive a 10% discount on your book purchase in the Museum Store.