Historian and author Adrian Burgos, Jr. will present a lecture titled “Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line” on Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Burgos, an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, has long been an expert on the Latino struggle for acceptance both in the major and Negro leagues. He served on the screening and voting committees for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2006 special election on the Negro Leagues. Burgos’ recent book, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line, was called a “must-read” by Slate Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. The book examines an era in baseball history largely ignored by historians and sports fans until now: Latinos in professional baseball pre-1947.
Burgos, an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, has long been an expert on the Latino struggle for acceptance both in the major and Negro leagues. He served on the screening and voting committees for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2006 special election on the Negro Leagues. Burgos’ recent book, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line, was called a “must-read” by Slate Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. The book examines an era in baseball history largely ignored by historians and sports fans until now: Latinos in professional baseball pre-1947.
