56min

For over half a century organized baseball denied African Americans a chance to earn a living playing the game. In response the Negro Leagues were created. These Negro League team were very important community institutions, and nowhere was this more true than in the segregated city of Memphis. Black Diamonds, Blues City tells the story of the Negro Leagues and especially the Memphis Red Sox. This is the story, not just of baseball, but of a community's establishment and triumph over intolerance and injustice. Featuring interviews with the original players and narrated by Samuel Jackson this film helps flesh out a picture of African American society in the Jim Crow era South.

Written and Directed by Jim Ross
Produced by John R. Haddock and Steven J. Ross

© The University of Memphis 1997

V3005 -- $39.95