Campaign Against Jim Crow in Baseball: Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.
Dublin Core
Title
Campaign Against Jim Crow in Baseball: Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.
Subject
Brooklyn Dodgers
Rickey, Branch
Civil rights activism -- ending Jim Crow in baseball
Davis, Benjamin J. (Hon.)
Jiggetts, Lilyan
Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.) -- Communist Political Association (C.P.A.)
Description
Letters from Councilman Benjamin J. Davis Jr. to Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers arranging a meeting about ending Jim Crow in baseball; also includes a letter from Lilyan Jiggetts, Davis's secretary, who resided at the Coops, or United Workers Cooperative Colony, located at 2700 Bronx Park East, with her family.
Creator
Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.
Jiggetts, Lilyan
Date
1944
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Archival document
Folder/Item Item Type Metadata
Date(s)
1944
Series
5
Box
1
Folder/Item
60
Files
Collection
Citation
Davis, Benjamin J., Jr. and Jiggetts, Lilyan, “Campaign Against Jim Crow in Baseball: Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.,” Bronx History Online, accessed June 9, 2023, https://digital.bchslibrary.org/items/show/511.