A Pastime & Party

ID: 2858 ~ Source: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. “Chicago American Giants (1946),” photograph. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 2006. https://nlbemuseum.com/reslib/phototeam.html.
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A Pastime & Party

At Katy Park, the Chicago American Giants and Memphis Red Sox kicked off Waco’s 1946 Juneteenth celebrations. The two teams split in a double header earlier in April, and fans highly anticipated the rematch. Fans reserved their seats at Waco’s W.A. Holt company store where tickets were sold.

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By Allie Roberts
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