Road to Rickwood

NPR

In June, MLB will host a game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, AL. In its 114-year history, the field has seen everything from segregated baseball, a women's suffrage event, a Klan rally and the first integrated sports team in Alabama. Host Roy Wood Jr. speaks with historians, former Negro Leaguers and more to explore how Birmingham's civil rights story played out at America's oldest ballpark.

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Road to Rickwood

Episodes (7)

Feb 10th Introducing the American Storytelling collection
Jul 16, 2024 Extra Innings: Roy Wood Jr. reflects on Road to Rickwood
Jun 18, 2024 Rebuilding Black Baseball

Road to Rickwood

Feb 10, 2026
2 minutes
2 MB

What does it mean to be an American? There’s no one way. At NPR, we think of the American identity as a story - one that's always being rewritten by the people who live it. The American Storytelling collection gathers stories from local stations across the NPR Network - from small town struggles, to natural phenomena, to the intricate histories that build the constantly-evolving tale of our nation. These are our biggest little-known shows. Find them in the American Storytelling channel on Apple Podcasts or on the NPR App. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links be...

Road to Rickwood

Introducing the American Storytelling collection

NPR

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