The legend of the Chatham Coloured All Stars baseball team

This is Black History Month. Did you know there was a Canadian baseball team in the 1930’s called the Chatham Coloured All Stars? This team broke down a lot of racial barriers in the sport early on. Miriam Wright wrote a book on the team called Sporting Justice. She says the squad faced a lot of adversity in the beginning including having stones thrown at them. Wright explains in this interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts.

Hal Roberts

Hal is a veteran journalist with 30 years in the industry. He worked as a parliamentary reporter on the Hill interviewing federal leaders and cabinet ministers. Hal also covered the Ottawa terrorist attack in 2014, and has worked as an anchor/reporter in Toronto, Peterborough and Calgary. He worked as a reporter and anchor for business shows airing on BNN, Global and CHCH-TV. During his 10 year radio career he hosted a show called Roberts on the Road on KG Country. Hal was blessed to win a few awards in his career including one as senior producer for a TV show on human trafficking which aired on CTS.

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