The Little Rock Stars was a Negro league baseball team based in Little Rock, AR that competed in the 1933 Negro Southern League. Home games were played at Crump Park in Little Rock.
History
In 1933, the Little Rock Stars joined the Negro Southern League in the place of the Little Rock Grays, which had played in the league during the 1931 and 1932 seasons.1 Between late April and July, the Stars played a steady first half schedule of games and performed fairly well. Due to difficulties within the league, the second half schedule was played much more loosely. The Stars did not return to the Negro Southern League for the 1934 season.
Schedule/Results
Players
History
In 1933, the Little Rock Stars joined the Negro Southern League in the place of the Little Rock Grays, which had played in the league during the 1931 and 1932 seasons.1 Between late April and July, the Stars played a steady first half schedule of games and performed fairly well. Due to difficulties within the league, the second half schedule was played much more loosely. The Stars did not return to the Negro Southern League for the 1934 season.
Schedule/Results
Date | Location | Opponent | W-L | R | RA | Notes |
3/27/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Tuxedo Tigers (Little Rock, AR) | 2 | |||
4/1/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Pittsburgh Crawfords | W | 6 | 3 | 3 , 4 , 5 |
4/2/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Pittsburgh Crawfords | L | 6 | 20 | 6 , 7 |
4/3/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Pittsburgh Crawfords | W | 6 | 10 | 8 |
4/8/1933 | Hicks Field, England, AR | San Antonio Black Indians | W | 6 | 3 | 9 , 10 |
4/9/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | San Antonio Black Indians | T | 2 | 2 | 11 |
4/10/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | San Antonio Black Indians | W | 11 | 2 | 12 |
4/11/1933 | Hicks Field, England, AR | San Antonio Black Indians | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
4/12/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | San Antonio Black Indians | 14 | |||
4/22/1933 | Travelers Field, Little Rock, AR | Monroe (LA) Monarchs | W | 4 | 3 | 15 |
4/23/1933 | Travelers Field, Little Rock, AR | Monroe (LA) Monarchs | W | 5 | 3 | First game.16 |
4/23/1933 | Travelers Field, Little Rock, AR | Monroe (LA) Monarchs | W | 2 | 1 | Second game.17 |
4/29/1933 | Jackson, MS | Jackson (MS) Senators | W | 18 , 19 , 20 | ||
4/?/1933 | Jackson, MS | Jackson (MS) Senators | W | 21 , 22 | ||
4/?/1933 | Jackson, MS | Jackson (MS) Senators | L | 23 , 24 | ||
5/3/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Algiers Giants (New Orleans, LA) | L | 6 | 10 | 25 |
5/4/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Algiers Giants (New Orleans, LA) | 26 | |||
5/6/1933 | Alexandria, LA | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | W | 8 | 6 | 27 |
5/7/1933 | Alexandria, LA | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | W | 8 | 5 | 28 |
5/8/1933 | Alexandria, LA | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | 29 | |||
5/12/1933 | Alexandria, LA | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | W | 6 | 5 | First game.30 |
5/12/1933 | Alexandria, LA | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | W | 3 | 2 | Second game.31 |
5/13/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | L | 3 | 8 | 32 |
5/14/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | L | 1 | 10 | 33 |
5/15/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants | 34 | |||
5/28/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Jackson (MS) Senators | W | 4 | 0 | First game.35 |
5/28/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Jackson (MS) Senators | L | 1 | 4 | Second game.36 |
5/29/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Jackson (MS) Senators | L | 0 | 4 | Second game.37 |
5/30/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | North Little Rock (AR) | Second game.38 | |||
6/3/1933 | Crescent Park, New Orleans, LA | New Orleans (LA) Crescent Stars | L | 2 | 10 | 39 , 40 |
6/4/1933 | Crescent Park, New Orleans, LA | New Orleans (LA) Crescent Stars | W | 5 | 4 | 41 |
6/4/1933 | Crescent Park, New Orleans, LA | New Orleans (LA) Crescent Stars | L | 42 | ||
6/5/1933 | Crescent Park, New Orleans, LA | New Orleans (LA) Crescent Stars | L | 5 | 15 | 43 |
6/10/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Montgomery (AL) Grey Socks | L | 6 | 7 | 44 |
6/11/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Montgomery (AL) Grey Socks | W | 6 | 3 | 45 |
6/11/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Montgomery (AL) Grey Socks | W | 5 | 0 | 46 |
6/12/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Montgomery (AL) Grey Socks | 47 | |||
6/17/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 9 | 2 | 48 |
6/18/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | W | 4 | 3 | 49 |
6/19/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 13 | 8 | 50 |
6/?/1933 | Memphis, TN | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 4 | 15 | 51 |
6/?/1933 | Memphis, TN | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 2 | 9 | 52 |
6/?/1933 | Memphis, TN | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 6 | 8 | 53 |
7/2/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | L | 2 | 6 | First game.54 |
7/2/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | T | 4 | 4 | Second game.55 |
7/3/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | 56 | |||
7/4/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox | 57 | |||
7/7/1933 | Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | L | 1 | 3 | 58 , 59 |
7/8/1933 | College Hill Park, Montgomery, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | L | 9 | 10 | 60 , 61 , 62 |
7/9/1933 | College Hill Park, Montgomery, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | W | 3 | 1 | First game.63 , 64 , 65 |
7/9/1933 | College Hill Park, Montgomery, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | L | 4 | 5 | Second game.66 , 67 , 68 |
7/10/1933 | Tuskogee, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | L | 4 | 5 | 69 , 70 , 71 |
7/11/1933 | Tuskogee, AL | Montgomery (AL) Grey Sox | L | 5 | 10 | 72 , 73 , 74 |
7/16/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | Missouri Pacific Boosters (Pine Bluff, AR) | 75 | |||
7/22/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Missouri Pacific Boosters (Pine Bluff, AR) | W | 8 | 4 | 76 |
7/23/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Missouri Pacific Boosters (Pine Bluff, AR) | W | 5 | 4 | First game.77 |
7/23/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Missouri Pacific Boosters (Pine Bluff, AR)s | W | 7 | 3 | Second game.78 |
7/30/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | 79 | |||
7/31/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | W | 10 | 0 | First game.80 |
7/31/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | W | 8 | 0 | Second game.81 |
8/4/1933 | Malvern, AR | Malvern (AR) Red Sox | 82 | |||
8/5/1933 | Malvern, AR | Malvern (AR) Red Sox | 83 | |||
8/6/1933 | Malvern, AR | Malvern (AR) Red Sox | 84 | |||
8/7/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | First game.85 | |||
8/7/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | Second game.86 | |||
8/8/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Oklahoma Cyclones | 87 | |||
8/11/1933 | Lincoln Park, Alexandria, LA | Missouri Pacific-Texas and Pacific Boosters (Alexandria, LA) | 88 | |||
8/20/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Dubisson Tigers | 89 | |||
8/20/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Dubisson Tigers | 90 | |||
8/27/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Dubisson Tigers | L | 3 | 5 | 91 |
8/27/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Dubisson Tigers | L | 2 | 4 | 92 |
9/3/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Tuxedo Tigers (Little Rock, AR) | 93 | |||
9/5/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox (Little Rock, AR) | 94 | |||
9/10/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox (Little Rock, AR) | W | 95 , 96 | ||
9/11/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox (Little Rock, AR) | L | 0 | 5 | 97 |
9/11/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Memphis (TN) Red Sox (Little Rock, AR) | W | 2 | 1 | 98 |
Players
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Clabron "Fox" Blevins | 6/4/1910 in San Antonio, TX | 2/14/1986 in Contra Costa, CA | 99 | |||
Callahan | 100 | |||||
M. O. "Stump" Carter | 101 102 | |||||
Childress | Probably Guthrie Childress103 | |||||
J. Cole | 104 , 105 | |||||
Conway | 106 | |||||
Cook | 107 | |||||
Jake Freeman | 9/9/1914 in Arkansas | 9/22/1933 | 108 , 109 | |||
Gulley/Gurley/Curley | 110 , 111 , 112 | |||||
Hawkins | 113 | |||||
Howard | 114 | |||||
Hughe | 115 | |||||
Jackson | 116 | |||||
Mex Johnson | 9/16/1911 in Little Rock, AR | 9/24/2005 in Denver, CO | 117 | |||
Ruben Jones | 2/5/1894 in Austin, TX | 2/14/1970 in Big Spring, TX | 118 | |||
Sug Jones | 9/9/1907 in Dubach, LA | 7/27/1982 in Jonesboro, AR | 119 | |||
Lewis/Louis | 120 , 121 | |||||
Rufus Ligon | 5/6/1903 in Cameron, TX | 9/24/1992 in Dunlay, TX | 122 , 123 | |||
Lindsey | 124 | |||||
Red Longley | 9/7/1909 in Little Rock, AR | 7/1977 in Memphis, TN | 125 | |||
Madison | 126 | |||||
Ira McCarroll | 6/16/1911 in McCrory, AR | 1982 | 127 | |||
McCarter | 128 | |||||
Morris | 129 | |||||
Buford Nunley | 1912 in AR | 12/5/1979 | 130 | |||
Robert Pickett | 10/24/1912 in Wrightsville, AR | 131 | ||||
Porter | 132 | |||||
Robinson | 133 | |||||
Fred Sims | 2/18/1900 in Dubach, LA | 134 , 135 | ||||
E. Smith | 136 | |||||
Stringer | 137 | |||||
Tate | 138 | |||||
Thompson | 139 | |||||
Henry "Big Train" Underwood | 11/20/1902 in Travis County, TX | 1/24/1933 in Austin, TX | 140 |
1
It's not entirely clear whether the Stars were a separate franchise from the Grays or the same franchise playing under a different name.
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Arkansas Gazette, 3/27/1933, p.3
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/1/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/2/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/2/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/8/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/9/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/10/1933, p.5
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/11/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/12/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/12/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/23/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/24/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/24/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette 4/28/1933, p.15
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette 4/28/1933, p.15
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette 4/28/1933, p.15
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/4/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/4/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/7/1933, p.13
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/8/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/8/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/14/1933
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/14/1933
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/14/1933, p.14
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/15/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/15/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/29/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/29/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/30/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/30/1933, p.9
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Times-Picayune, 6/4/1933, p.5
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/5/1933, p.8
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/5/1933, p.8
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Times-Picayune, 6/6/1933, p.11; Times-Picayune, 6/4/1933, p.5. Sunday's game (6/4) was scheduled as a double-header. New Orleans won three of four game during the series.
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Times-Picayune, 6/6/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/11/1933
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/12/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/12/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/12/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/18/1933
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/19/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/20/1933, p.8
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Chicago Defender, 7/1/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/1/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/1/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/3/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/3/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/3/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/3/1933, p.7
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1933, p.7
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1933, p.7
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/24/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/24/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/30/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/1/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/5/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/19/1933, p.8
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/28/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/28/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/1/1933, p.17
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/5/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/10/1933
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/12/1933, p.8. Little Rock won two of three games during the series.
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/12/1933, p.8
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/12/1933, p.8
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/26/1933, p.14
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Chicago Defender, 7/1/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/2/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/9/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Times-Picayune, 6/4/1933, p.5
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/9/1933, p.7
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/1/1933, p.17
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Arkansas Gazette, 6/12/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 3/27/1933, p.3
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/5/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/5/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/9/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/1/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/3/1933, p.11
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/1/1933, p.8
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Arkansas Gazette, 5/29/1933, p.6
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/9/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/5/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/9/1933, p.7
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/2/1933, p.10
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Arkansas Gazette, 4/11/1933, p.9
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Chicago Defender, 7/1/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 7/1/1933, p.8
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Chicago Defender, 7/22/1933, p.9
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Arkansas Gazette, 9/5/1933, p.12
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Arkansas Gazette, 8/28/1933, p.6