Chris Lamb is chair of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Indiana University-Indianapolis. He is the editor, author, or coauthor of twelve books, including Conspiracy of Silence, Sports Journalism, and From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line.
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When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, ... SEE MORE