Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
In 1948, a brief visit by Jackie Robinson to a small town in Alabama prompted a man named Jesse Norwood to start a baseball team. He didn’t know the rules of the game and had never played himself, but he saw a way to teach life’s lessons to a neighborhood full of young black boys looking for role models. Hear a story of teamwork, sportsmanship, endurance and more.
Guests
- Joe Formichella Author of "Here's to you Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks" (MacAdam/ Cage)
- Jesse Norwood, Jr. Head, Prichard Mohawk Foundation
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