Posted in On This Day, tagged baseball hall of fame, buck leonard, charlotte nc, homestead grays, josh gibson, nc segregation, rocky mount black swans on April 7, 2014 | 3 Comments »
On this day in 1947: Before 1,500 fans at Charlotte’s Griffith Park, Buck Leonard has three hits to lead the Homestead Grays to a 17-0 exhibition victory over the hometown Charlotte Black Hornets. First baseman Leonard began his career in 1925 with his hometown Rocky Mount Black Swans. He becomes best known for his 17 […]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged a face in the crowd, andy griffith, baseball hall of fame, bright leaf, brights leaves, bulky item pickup, durham nc, gary cooper, john preston hill, junebug, patricia neal, pete hill, ross mcelwee, walter dellinger, Winston-Salem on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– Death noted: actress Patricia Neal, who played opposite Andy Griffith in the prescient and underrated “A Face in the Crowd” and opposite Gary Cooper in “Bright Leaf,” which inspired “Bright Leaves,” Ross McElwee’s bittersweet documentary on tobacco. – A big day for challenging long-accepted Civil War numbers: the death toll for North Carolina troops […]
