Baltimore Fishbowl: “Baltimore Black Sox Memorial moves into next phase: community engagement” (Aliza Worthington)
This Black History Month coincides with an exciting milestone in the development of the Baltimore Black Sox Baseball Team Memorial: the community outreach and engagement phase.
The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team from 1913 to 1936, and in 1923 they became one of the original six teams to form the Eastern Colored League. They won the American Negro League Championship in 1929 – a season in which they won over 70% of their games.
The memorial project’s goal is to commemorate the legacy of the Baltimore Black Sox Negro League Baseball team and “celebrate the resilience of diverse communities in Baltimore,” reads the press release announcing the new phase…
…Parks & People (P&P) and South Baltimore Gateway Partnership (SBGP) are soliciting feedback through an online survey, hoping to hear from residents, community leaders, and local neighborhood associations about community priorities before the design concept takes place. P&P’s project management team is attending local community meetings in person and online to publicize the survey and get as much input as possible from stakeholders.
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