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From WXIA Atlanta
ATLANTA — If the Atlanta Black Crackers had a heyday, this film depicts it. In 1938, the team played in the Negro Major Leagues for one season, then promptly returned to the minor leagues. The film barely scratches the surface of that team.
“I believe it’s the only known footage of the Atlanta Black Crackers that exists,” said John Crater of the Atlanta History Center. “And to have something like that is just a gem for our collection.”
The Atlanta History Center discovered barely 50 seconds of Atlanta Black Crackers footage, commissioned by the Atlanta Negro Chamber of Commerce. The film shows a number of images of African American life in Atlanta in 1938.
Read more about this footage at WXIA
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Rebecca Morgan
January 18, 2012 at 10:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
In 1938, my father-in-law attended a Crackers baseball game. Someone (I have no clue), hit a home run, and my father in law caught the ball! My father in law, eventually gave this autographed ball to his son, Tom (my husband), and this ball is now in my possesion (my husband has passed away). I was just curious, if there is any interest from any collectors who would be interested in this baseball. I have it (rather Tom had it), in one of those “baseball” perserve kind of things.
Thank you