In his career with the happenings of the harlem renaissance. Mr. Wil haygood connections to the hughes and lena horne. A generation of africanamericans found success in their perspective fields during the start of a broader Civil Rights Movement. Wil haygood discusses i his boos with an agent magazine. Another of the peoples history of sports in the united states. Host welcome my name is dave and i am the Sports Editor for the nations magazine and im absolutely thrilled at the interview, to be interviewing a man who has written a tremendous biography about the greatest pound for pound boxer of the 20th century. That boxers name is walker, smith junior. Better known as Sugar Ray Robinson. And the author, is wil haygood. How you doing. Wil im good and its good to be here. Host it is great to be here. Dave i really do think this book is worthy of Sugar Ray Robinson. As a great achievement. So congratulations right away. You are not a sports biographer by trade right. Why did you decide to
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History. And specifically today we will focus on what i call baseball during the Great Depression. A lot of things that have been ten when developing throughout the semester in one of my classes as you can learn by looking at baseball and were going to see that inaction today suddenly start with the things for lecture today, and looking at the age of baseball and until you what that is a little bit of that is not a familiar word for you. Also with journalism another media and this is in sports during the Great Depression romania pretty in relationship emerging in baseball and the media and you can see some of the origins of that during the semester but here kind of reaches the pinnacle and also depression on baseball and this tremendous event for the entire nation it happened we understand that event by looking at baseball then of course what is this and why did i choose that word during this era in baseball and how does it reflect baseballs response to the Great Depression. And then o
History. And specifically today we will focus on what i call baseball during the Great Depression. A lot of things that have been ten when developing throughout the semester in one of my classes as you can learn by looking at baseball and were going to see that inaction today suddenly start with the things for lecture today, and looking at the age of baseball and until you what that is a little bit of that is not a familiar word for you. Also with journalism another media and this is in sports during the Great Depression romania pretty in relationship emerging in baseball and the media and you can see some of the origins of that during the semester but here kind of reaches the pinnacle and also depression on baseball and this tremendous event for the entire nation it happened we understand that event by looking at baseball then of course what is this and why did i choose that word during this era in baseball and how does it reflect baseballs response to the Great Depression. And then o
Audience and those joining in hybrid format on the phone. Members can provide comment in person and city and remote through the webex system. Thank you to staff guest and everyone else participating. Please call the first item. Thank you madam chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commissioner members please respond when i call your name. Commissioner aquino, present. Commissioner drew, present. Commissioner scott, present. Chair brackett, aye. All members of the commission are present. Madam chair, we have a quorum. Please note the commission has one vacant seat. The next order of business is item 2 announcements. A, the next regular meeting is scheduled tuesday october 17, 2023 at 1 p. M. The announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the