The 61st Annual Missouri Conference on History may be over, but the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to explore the City of Fountains one last time in this concluding episode of the "Going to Kansas City” series. This five-part series focuses on several projects and institutions that document and define Kansas City's history and identity. This episode features Raymond Doswell discussing the long history of African American baseball as well as efforts to preserve its memory through the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
About the Guest: Raymond Doswell is the Vice President of Curatorial Services at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. He holds a Ph.D. in Education from Kansas State University. In addition to managing the archival collections at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he has also published several articles on the history of African America baseball and the legacy of the Negro Leagues.
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Episode 96: Ozark Voices - Alex Primm (On the Bookshelf, Part 6)
Episode 95: Fighting for a Free Missouri - Sydney J. Norton (On the Bookshelf, Part 5)
Episode 94: Oracle of Lost Causes - Matthew Christopher Hulbert (On the Bookshelf, Part 4)
Episode 93: Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks - Susan Croce Kelly (On the Bookshelf, Part 3)
Episode 92: John Bradbury & "My Own Commander" - Katie Seale/John Brenner (On the Bookshelf, Part 2)
Episode 91: A Man by Any Other Name - Joseph Beilein, Jr. (On the Bookshelf, Part 1)
Episode 90: Ted & Pat Jones - Sean Rost (Historic Missourians, Part 7)
Episode 89: Charles & Elizabeth Schwartz - Elizabeth Engel (Historic Missourians, Part 6)
Episode 88: Dewey Short - Hali Allen (Historic Missourians, Part 5)
Episode 87: Ralph Foster & RadiOzark - Haley Frizzle-Green (Historic Missourians, Part 4)
Episode 86: Arvarh Strickland - Bridget Haney (Historic Missourians, Part 3)
Episode 85: Mary Jane Guthrie - Doug Genens (Historic Missourians, Part 2)
Episode 84: Paul Henning - Sean Rost (Historic Missourians, Part 1)
Summer Series 2023: Platte City & The Red Crown Tavern (Part 4)
Summer Series 2023: Polk County to Kansas City (Part 3)
Summer Series 2023: The Intersection of Highway 40/Highway 63 (Part 2)
Summer Series 2023: The Barrow Gang in Southwest Missouri (Part 1)
Episode 83: History Keepers - Christine Peoples (African American Heritage in the Ozarks, Part 8)
Episode 82: News from Home (African American Heritage in the Ozarks, Part 7)
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