Ensley

I stayed in Ensley with my grandparents, and it was this little working-class cocoon, and I think my parents tried very hard to make sure that, you know, we understood that bad things could happen, that there was a certain amount of pain associated with that period, but they also worked hard to protect us from that.

Michele Norris Reveals 'The Grace Of Silence' 2010

Until this point, the book could have been about a white or a black businessman serving his "own kind," but the story changes when the manager of the Ensley All-Stars, a Negro League baseball team, approaches Crawford about using his truck which Crawford used to haul coal to provide transportation to the games so the players didn't have to drive themselves.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

Until this point, the book could have been about a white or a black businessman serving his "own kind," but the story changes when the manager of the Ensley All-Stars, a Negro League baseball team, approaches Crawford about using his truck which Crawford used to haul coal to provide transportation to the games so the players didn't have to drive themselves.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

During the early 1950s, the Ensley All-Stars played a game against an all-white baseball team in Laura, Mississippi.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

During the early 1950s, the Ensley All-Stars played a game against an all-white baseball team in Laura, Mississippi.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

Though the Ensley All Stars folded in 1953, Crawford had replaced the coal truck with a bus the "Orange Blossom," called such for its color and he soon added another bus to provide services for church groups who wanted to charter his buses.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

Harold Ensley, who had a hunting/fishing show in Kansas City for over forty years was using early versions of plastics baits for lake trout in the early '60's.

I have recently started to use plastics to jig for lake trout. Does anyone else do this and if so what kind do you use? 2009

Though the Ensley All Stars folded in 1953, Crawford had replaced the coal truck with a bus the "Orange Blossom," called such for its color and he soon added another bus to provide services for church groups who wanted to charter his buses.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011

Harold Ensley, who had a hunting/fishing show in Kansas City for over forty years was using early versions of plastics baits for lake trout in the early '60's.

I have recently started to use plastics to jig for lake trout. Does anyone else do this and if so what kind do you use? 2009

During the early 1950s, the Ensley All-Stars played a game against an all-white baseball team in Laura, Mississippi.

Kate Kelly: An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson Kate Kelly 2011