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Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Black Baseball Teams 1930s to 1960s.

Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Black Baseball Teams 1930s to 1960s.

On November 8, 2024 a historical marker was dedicated in Riverside Park celebrating Black baseball players in Hertford County, North Carolina.

Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Black Baseball Teams 1930s to 1960s.

On November 8, 2024 a historical marker was dedicated in Riverside Park celebrating Black baseball players in Hertford County, North Carolina.
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These Black baseball players and teams were given honor of remembrance in the book titled,
"They Called Us Cornfield Boys
Black Baseball, Hertford County, NC 1940-1955
Ahoskie War Hawks, Ahoskie, North Carolina- Chowan Bees, Winton, North Carolina - Como Eagles, Como, North Carolina"
Written by Raymond Whitehead and E. Frank Stephenson, Jr.

This book can be purchased from The Cultivator Bookstore in Murfreesboro, NC.

Source: The Cultivator Bookstore

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