Wendell Smith And Billy Rowe

Wendell Smith And Billy Rowe (HM20GL)

Location: Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Volusia County
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N 29° 12.584', W 81° 1.008'

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Crusading Journalists

—Jackie Robinson Ballpark & Museum —

Wendell Smith, (Sports Columnist) And Billy Rowe, (Photographer) Worked For The Pittsburgh
Courier, Once The Country's Most Widely Circulated Black Newspapers With A National Circulation Of Almost 200,000.The Courier Sought To Empower African Americans Economically And Politically. Wendell Smith, A Native Of Detroit, Michigan, Dedicated Himself To Doing " Something On Behalf Of The Negro Ballplayers," When, As A Young Winning Pitcher, A Major League Scout Did Not Consider Him, But The Losing Pitcher Was Signed Because Major League Baseball Barred Black Players. Smith Became A Crusading Black Press Journalist. Known As The Man Who Recommended Jackie Robinson To Branch Rickey. He Fought For 40 Years To Raise Awareness About The Conditions Under Which Black Players Were Forced To Play, Suffering Embarrassment, Humiliation And Indignities During Six Weeks Of Spring Training In Florida. Branch Rickey Recruited Both Wendell Smith And Billy Rowe To
Accompany Jackie Robinson Throughout His First Spring Training. Jackie
Robinson Later Hired Wendell Smith To
Write His Autobiography Titled Jackie Robinson, My Own
Story
, Published In 1948.

(photo caption)
"The (Pittsburgh) Courier (was) most effective in seeing that the game's racial barrier was finally lifted and (Wendell) Smith doggedly fought
for the inclusion of Blacks in organized baseball."
David Wiggins, Journal Of Sport History

Wendell Smith, Daytona Beach 1946 - Billy Rowe, Circa 1950s
Wendell Smith Photo courtesy of the Baseball Hall Of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY, Billy Rowe Photo courtesy of the Daytona Beach News-Journal
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HM NumberHM20GL
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Placed ByDaytona Beach , Florida
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Date Added Sunday, August 6th, 2017 at 7:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 498366 N 3231222
Decimal Degrees29.20973333, -81.01680000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 12.584', W 81° 1.008'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 12' 35.04" N, 81° 1' 0.48" W
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Area Code(s)386
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 105 Orange Ave, Daytona Beach FL 32114, US
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