Baseball, Civil Rights and the Anderson Monarchs Barnstorming Tour

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2015, Coach Steve Bandura loaded the Anderson Monarchs, a little league baseball team from Philadelphia, onto a 1947 Flxible Clipper Bus for a barnstorming tour back in time. Bandura and the players recount lessons learned while visiting historic civil rights sites, meeting veteran activists and playing baseball along the way. And historian Derrick E. White, co-host of <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-black-athlete/id1454162935" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Black Athlete</em></a> podcast, explores the intersection of sports and civil rights history.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to our <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5apw4TSoA6kfIaB862Ffov?si=902360c33b53417e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest Spotify playlist</a> for even more Movement Music inspired by this episode! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For good advice on teaching about barrier breakers like Jackie Robinson, read</span> <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/more-than-a-name-teaching-historic-firsts"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“More Than a Name: Teaching Historic Firsts”</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">See pictures of the <a href= "https://monarchs.herokuapp.com/tour.html">Anderson Monarchs Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour</a></span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">from the team’s website</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. And see great footage from the road in this</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0kgibB5Do"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">video about the tour</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After you listen to</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-black-athlete/id1454162935"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Black Athlete</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast, check out Derrick White’s book about the history of Black Colleg