Local News:
In 1925, Wichita’s all African-American professional baseball team faced the Ku Klux Klan (photos)
Mon, July 12, 2010
Wichita has a long and proud history as a “baseball town,” from club games in the 1870s, to serving as the home of the NBC Tournament since its beginning in 1935, to the national championship success of Wichita State University. But last month marked the anniversary of a lost piece of Wichita baseball history that almost seems too strange to be true: A game in 1925 between the Wichita Monrovians-- an all African-American professional team-- and the Wichita chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.Photos of the baseball field at Island Park
Photo Credit: Wichita Public Library
Photo Credit: WSU Special Collections
