Holding the ball in the center of the picture is the team’s pitcher, Billy Holland, who was about 18 years old at the time. Holland went on to have a storied pitching career with the best black teams in the nation, in an era before professional baseball was...
In honor of Black History Month, John Jaros, Aurora Historical Society Executive Director, joined Aurora Mayor Richard C. Irvin and Dennis Buck for a Community Conversation for a historical look at Aurora’s Early Black Community. Read More: Celebrating Black...
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