November 2, 1996 Toni Stone, the first woman to play Negro League baseball, died. Stone was born Marcenia Lyle on July 17, 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She began playing baseball at the age of ten and by the age of 15 was playing for a men’s semi-professional team. During World War II, she moved […]
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November 2nd in African American History – Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington
November 2, 1995 Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington, cartoonist, died. Harrington was born February 14, 1912 in Valhalla, New York. He started drawing cartoons at a young age and went to work for the Amsterdam News as a cartoonist and political satirist. In 1935, Harrington created “Dark Laughter” a single panel cartoon which appeared in the […]