Blacks in Baseball - Revision history

Ccarlsson: fixed information in captions

2020-06-08T20:54:32Z

fixed information in captions

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	''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library''

	In ~~1958~~, Willie Mays, baseball's greatest center fielder and star of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years\|San Francisco Giants]], could not rent the house of his choice in ~~Forest Hill~~ until [[Mayor George Christopher\|Mayor Christopher]] publicly invited Willie to stay as his guest while the problem was resolved (Willie got his house the next day).		In 1957, Willie Mays, baseball's greatest center fielder and star of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years\|San Francisco Giants]], could not rent the house of his choice in Miraloma until [[Mayor George Christopher\|Mayor Christopher]] publicly invited Willie to stay as his guest while the problem was resolved (Willie got his house the next day). The owner, Walter A. Gneadiloff, claimed there was great neighborhood pressure against the deal since it would erode the whites-only standard then prevailing.

	[[Image:Willie Mays w wife and child c 1959.jpg\|792px]]		[[Image:Willie Mays w wife and child c 1959.jpg\|792px]]
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	[[Image:Willie Mays original home 1958.jpg\|792px]]		[[Image:Willie Mays original home 1958.jpg\|792px]]

	'''Willie Mays' original home ~~in Forest Hill~~, ~~1958~~.'''		'''Willie Mays' original home at 175 Miraloma Drive, 1959, after a soda bottle had been thrown through the side window.'''

	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org, wnp14.10978.jpg''

Ccarlsson: added photos and category

2018-11-13T19:51:24Z

added photos and category

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	In 1958, Willie Mays, baseball's greatest center fielder and star of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years\|San Francisco Giants]], could not rent the house of his choice in Forest Hill until [[Mayor George Christopher\|Mayor Christopher]] publicly invited Willie to stay as his guest while the problem was resolved (Willie got his house the next day).		In 1958, Willie Mays, baseball's greatest center fielder and star of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years\|San Francisco Giants]], could not rent the house of his choice in Forest Hill until [[Mayor George Christopher\|Mayor Christopher]] publicly invited Willie to stay as his guest while the problem was resolved (Willie got his house the next day).

			[[Image:Willie Mays w wife and child c 1959.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Willie Mays with his wife and child, c. 1959.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org''

			[[Image:Willie Mays original home 1958.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Willie Mays' original home in Forest Hill, 1958.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org''


	[[WWII In-migration & Rising Bigotry\|Prev. Document]] [[The Hunters Point Riot\|Next Document]]		[[WWII In-migration & Rising Bigotry\|Prev. Document]] [[The Hunters Point Riot\|Next Document]]

	[[category:African-American]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]		[[category:African-American]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]] [[category:1950s]]

Ccarlsson: added east bay yesterday podcast on baseball

2017-07-05T23:25:05Z

added east bay yesterday podcast on baseball

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	''Photo: African American Historical and Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: African American Historical and Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA''

			<iframe width="100%" height="100" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/318483843&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true"></iframe>

			'''East Bay Yesterday podcast on the history of east bay baseball before the Oakland A's.'''

			''Courtesy: [https://eastbayyesterday.com/ East Bay Yesterday'']

	[[Image:Aframer1%24mayor-and-mays.jpg]]		[[Image:Aframer1%24mayor-and-mays.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: PC

2008-12-29T06:42:07Z

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			'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:Aframer1%24honeybees.jpg]]		[[Image:Aframer1%24honeybees.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 21:08, 5 October 2008

2008-10-05T21:08:07Z

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	[[WWII In-migration & Rising Bigotry\|Prev. Document]] [[The Hunters Point Riot\|Next Document]]		[[WWII In-migration & Rising Bigotry\|Prev. Document]] [[The Hunters Point Riot\|Next Document]]

	[[category:Af-Am]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]		[[category:African-American]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]

Ccarlsson at 23:24, 31 July 2008

2008-07-31T23:24:59Z

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	[[~~BLACKS AND LABOR~~\|Prev. Document]] [[Next Document]]		[[WWII In-migration & Rising Bigotry\|Prev. Document]] [[The Hunters Point Riot\|Next Document]]

	[[category:Af-Am]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]		[[category:Af-Am]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]

Ccarlsson: new page that was missing

2008-07-31T22:53:35Z

new page that was missing

New page

[[Image:Aframer1%24honeybees.jpg]]

'''1944 Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard Softball Team, "The Honey Bees," which played in the city league against Coca Cola, Southern Pacific, etc., nearly a decade before professional baseball's color line was cracked by Jackie Robinson's ascent to the Brooklyn Dodgers.'''

''Photo: African American Historical and Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:Aframer1%24mayor-and-mays.jpg]]

'''1958 photograph of legendary San Francisco Giant, Willie Mays.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library''

In 1958, Willie Mays, baseball's greatest center fielder and star of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years|San Francisco Giants]], could not rent the house of his choice in Forest Hill until [[Mayor George Christopher|Mayor Christopher]] publicly invited Willie to stay as his guest while the problem was resolved (Willie got his house the next day).

[[BLACKS AND LABOR|Prev. Document]] [[Next Document]]

[[category:Af-Am]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:baseball]]