Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier
Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MA, United StatesJoin author Ted Reinstein, as he tells the story of the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, but have remained largely unknown. One of the book’s main unsung heroes is West Medford’s very own native son, Mabray “Doc” Kountze. Kountze was a significant writer and contributor to many leading African-American newspapers through the mid-1900s.