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Jenkins Sluggers (Jenkins, KY, baseball team)

On the 4th of July, 1935, the Jenkins Sluggers, a Colored baseball team from Jenkins, KY, were scheduled to play the Middlesboro Blue Sox, a Colored baseball team from Middlesboro, KY. The game was to take place in the East End Park in Middlesboro. After the game, a number of activities were to take place in the park for the city's Colored population in celebration of the holiday. For more see "Fair weather predicted for 4th," Middlesboro Daily News, 07/03/1935, pp. 1 & 6.

Subject

Baseball

Kentucky County & Region

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Read about Jenkins, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

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NKAA Source: Middlesboro daily news (newspapers)

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NKAA Entry:  Middlesboro Blue Sox (Middlesboro, KY, baseball team)

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“Jenkins Sluggers (Jenkins, KY, baseball team),” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 21, 2019, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2275.

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