Sierra Athletics Media Podcast

In episode 6 cohosts Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr., coauthors of the ‘Pictorial History of the African American Athlete,’ continue their discussion on the pioneering founders of early 20th century black baseball. In this episode they add more details about the lives and careers of Sol White (1868-1955), a groundbreaking player and author of the 1907 book, ‘The History of Colored Baseball’ and Andrew “Rube” Foster (1879-1930), an outstanding pitcher, executive, and founder of the Negro National League in 1920. Both men have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The episode is moderated by Calvin Reid.

In episode five cohosts Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr., coauthors of the ‘Pictorial History of the African American Athlete’ discuss the lives of the pioneering founders of early 20th century black baseball, including Rube Foster, Sol White and Frank Leland, in Part 1 of a discussion about the beginnings of Negro League professional baseball. The episode is moderated by Calvin Reid

In this episode of the Sierra Athletics Media Podcast Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr. focus on the lives and athletic careers of three pioneering African-American women athletes of the early 20th century: educator and tennis champion Lucy Diggs Slowe (1883-1937), tennis champion and basketball player Ora Mae Washington (1898-1971); and versatile all around athlete and Temple University graduate Inez “Pat” Paterson (1911-1944).

Francis C. Harris and his brother Charles F. Harris Jr. Give us details of the life, school years and historic professional career of Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game in 1950.

SAM podcast cohosts Francis C. Harris, Charles F. Harris and Calvin Reid discuss the 1968 Mexico Olympics protest of John Carlos and Tommy Smith, the contemporary protests of Colin Kaepernick and other examples of black athletes in the forefront of social justice.

Francis C. Harris and Charles F. Harris Jr. kickoff the first episode of the podcast with a discussion of the comprehensive reference title the podcast is based on, then their father, Charles Harris Sr., founder of Amistad Press, and then discuss the legacy of Edwin Bancroft Henderson, the father of African American Athletics. Calvin Reid is the moderator.