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for my Black History Month project, I chose Josh Gibson.
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My focus question was, Who was Josh Gibson?
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And he was the second black baseball player to be
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inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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His early life.
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He was born in Georgia on December 21st, 1911.
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He attended a Vo Tech school.
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He worked in the steel mines with his father when
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he was 15.
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When he entered sixth grade, he prepared to become an
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electrician attending Allegheny Pre Vote Tech School.
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Yeah, his career.
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He started with the Homestead Grays.
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In 1930 he played for the P A.
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Crawford. From 1932 to 1936.
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He averaged 70 home runs a year.
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He was nicknamed the Black Babe Ruth.
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He was the best black baseball player in 1945.
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He played for many teams in the Dominican Republic, such
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as Mexico and Puerto Rico.
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Yeah, in his later life, he married Helene on March
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7th, 1929.
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He worked at Gimbels.
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His wife died while giving birth to twins.
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He got a statue of him inside center field gate
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at Nationals Park in an opera was later created based
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upon his wife called the Summer King.
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He also got elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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in 1972.
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My ode.
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Josh Gibson, Oh, Baseball Idol.
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So proud and strong Swing, crack and other home room
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said to be better in the Babe to what you
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compare or are compared by others to the greats.
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Just a simple letter.
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Proud and tall, similar to yourself around and never ending
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the baseball you strike so fiercely.
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It curves and rounds long stretches of land.
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The bases Urano so swiftly and sweetly it symbolizes home
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runs of which many you make.
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My quotes are.
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I played with Willie Mays, Hayes and against Hank Aaron,
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and there are tremendous players.
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But there are no Josh Gibson by Monte Irvin.
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A homer day will boost my pay by Josh Gibson,
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and when you get hungry enough, you'll find yourself speaking
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Spanish pretty well.
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Also by Josh Gibson.
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Good. My timeline is on December 21st.
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He was born mhm in 1923.
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He moved to Pennsylvania in 1930.
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He started at the PGA Crawford's in July of 1937.
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He went to the Homestead Grays on February 8th, 1972.
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He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in
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1945 he was named the best black baseball player.
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Thank you.
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In December of 1911, South Carolina became the first southern
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state to secede from the union in 1923.
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Mt. Etna Volcano erupted and made 60,000 people homeless in
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1930 major news stories, including first Year of the Great
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Depression, happened July 25th, 1937.
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The Battle of Bruna ended on February 8th, 1972.
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Buck Leonard was also inducted into Hall of Fame in
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1945. It was the final year of World War Two.
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Yeah, here's my symbolic image, and it is of all
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the different teams that Josh Gibson played for.