Heritage Tour – Black Baseball and The Celebrity Club
Clip: Season 2 Episode 51 | 20m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly explores the history of Black baseball and the Celebrity Club.
Rhode Island PBS Weekly tours Providence’s Black Heritage sites. First, an in-depth look at Black baseball played at what was once Kinsley Field, home to the Providence Giants. Then, Weekly visits Randall Street to explore the history of the Celebrity Club, which saw some of the greatest Black artists of all time perform for an integrated audience in a segregated 1950’s Providence.
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Heritage Tour – Black Baseball and The Celebrity Club
Clip: Season 2 Episode 51 | 20m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly tours Providence’s Black Heritage sites. First, an in-depth look at Black baseball played at what was once Kinsley Field, home to the Providence Giants. Then, Weekly visits Randall Street to explore the history of the Celebrity Club, which saw some of the greatest Black artists of all time perform for an integrated audience in a segregated 1950’s Providence.
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Heritage Tour – Sissieretta Jones
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Clip: S2 Ep51 | 5m 7s | Rhode Island PBS Weekly profiles revered African American soprano Sissieretta Jones. (5m 7s)
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