Comments on: I'm going to Kansas City http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/im-going-to-kansas-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-going-to-kansas-city Just another WordPress site Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charles Fazzino http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/im-going-to-kansas-city/#comment-142 Charles Fazzino Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:37:27 +0000 /blog/post/2008/11/Im-going-to-Kansas-City.aspx#comment-142 Thanks Judy, I'm actually in KC to unveil the painting today. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will also have a 75-piece limited edition of the original to sell to benefit the Museum... I'm very proud of this piece...especially given the recent Presidential election. These guys were real pioneers, standing shoulder to shoulder with the heroes of the civil rights movement. I'm proud to be able to tell part of their story in my art. some of the headlines are: Kansas City Monarchs player, Jackie Robinson is recruited to Major League baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers James "Cool Papa" Bell steals 175 bases in under 200 games Josh Gibson hits"almost 800" homers in his 17 year career Early 1900's black players start "Barnstorming" The Negro National League is established on February 13, 1920 1930 Negro League Baseball is played in Yankee Stadium for the first time in history 1948 John "Buck" O'Neil becomes manager of the Kansas City Monarchs Chicago American Giants become the longest continuous franchise in the history of black baseball 1933 The first East-West Game is played Racial Segregation ends in the South! Thanks Judy,
I’m actually in KC to unveil the painting today. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will also have a 75-piece limited edition of the original to sell to benefit the Museum…

I’m very proud of this piece…especially given the recent Presidential election. These guys were real pioneers, standing shoulder to shoulder with the heroes of the civil rights movement. I’m proud to be able to tell part of their story in my art.

some of the headlines are:

Kansas City Monarchs player, Jackie Robinson is recruited to Major League baseball’s Brooklyn Dodgers

James “Cool Papa” Bell steals 175 bases in under 200 games

Josh Gibson hits”almost 800″ homers in his 17 year career

Early 1900′s black players start “Barnstorming”

The Negro National League is established on February 13, 1920

1930 Negro League Baseball is played in Yankee Stadium for the first time in history

1948 John “Buck” O’Neil becomes manager of the Kansas City Monarchs

Chicago American Giants become the longest continuous franchise in the history of black baseball

1933 The first East-West Game is played

Racial Segregation ends in the South!

]]> By: Judy Smith http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/im-going-to-kansas-city/#comment-141 Judy Smith Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:30:19 +0000 /blog/post/2008/11/Im-going-to-Kansas-City.aspx#comment-141 What a wonderful tribute! I tried to read the writing around the centerpiece of the picture but was unable to. Can you tell me some of the things it says? What a wonderful tribute! I tried to read the writing around the centerpiece of the picture but was unable to. Can you tell me some of the things it says?

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