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Jason Jordan (University of New Hampshire) teaches courses in African-American and US History. He received his undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Memphis and his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research centers on issues of race and its role in shaping modern America.
Memphis Showboats
Podcast
Sat down with my good friend from Nashville SABR, Skip Nipper, to talk about some Memphis Red Sox baseball. Skip loves all things baseball in Nashville, and that love extends west down I-40 to Memphis. This 30-minute pod only cracks the surface. But it tells a great story.
Memphis Redbirds celebrate
1938 Negro American League Pennant
August 10, 2024 - Memphis, TN
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Memphis Hoops: Race & Basketball in the Bluff City, 1968-1997,
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The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History
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Memphis Hoops - Ranked #1 by Novel for local authors
November 2023
Novel Books in Memphis lists Memphis Hoops as the #1 selling book by a local author. Make sure to make your way over to Novel Books to pick up your copy.
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Are you ready for some football?
For years, Memphis has chased an NFL franchise. In the 1970s, John Bassett brought the WFL to Memphis. Then, in 1983, Logan Young acquired an expansion franchise in David Dixon’s USFL. William Dunavn purchased the team from Logan, as it became one of the most successful clubs in the short-lived USFL. Reggie White, Mike Lewis, Derrick Crawford, and a city crazed by football.
Looking forward to working on this project and getting this out to a publisher in the near future.
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The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History
IN STORES NOW- McFarland Publishing
A story hidden in the annals of Negro leagues history. Historians have primarily focused on teams outside of the South. The Memphis Red Sox is not constructed as a fundamental historical narrative. Instead, it takes you on a nine-inning journey to experience what it means to be a Memphis Red Sox. The Memphis Red Sox remained one of the most stable franchises in Negro leagues' history. Black ownership of the team and stadium made the franchise almost an anomaly in black baseball. Their story is left behind the Negro Leagues' more prominent franchises: the Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, and the Birmingham Black Barons.
The Memphis Red Sox
Jerry Malloy Conference
Cooperstown
June 6-8, 2024
Leslie Heaphy -
Leading scholar in the field & Jerry Malloy Committee member. Loved catching up and thanking her for providing an awesome forward for the book.
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown, NY
Phil S. Dixon
Leading scholar & educator in the field. His insight and previous works made researching the Negro Leagues a joy. Great to see Phil again in Cooperstown.
Doubleday Field
Cooperstown, NY
Gary Gillette’s @ the Malloy
Great presentation comparing the East-West All-Star Games and the MLB All-Star Games. Notice in West coach Larry Brown still making noise in 1947.
J.B. Martin IV
What a thrill to meet the great-grandson of MRS owner J.B. Martin at the Malloy.
The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History
Release Date
June 5, 2024
Excited to announce that The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History, releases on June 5, 2024. That same week I will be in Cooperstown, New York at SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Conference on Negro Leagues Baseball. Looking forward to meeting as many of you out there as possible. If you can’t make the conference, make sure to head to Amazon.com to purchase a copy, or if you are in town in Memphis, look for it at Novel and Oxbeau.
Memphis Red Sox
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Atlanta Black CRackers
During the 1938 NAL Championship Season for the Red Sox, they played the Atlanta Black Crackers at Ponce De Leon Park in Atlanta. Credit: Atlanta Negro Chamber of Commerce Film Collection.