Kansas City Monarchs 1945 Home All Star Baseball Cap pine cone Remembered for brokering a non-aggression

Remembered for brokering a non-aggression pact between Chicago's most powerful street gangs and for forging class-conscious multiracial alliances that truly made him a threat to the establishment

Larry Lester

"The Gatherer" by WAK masterfully employs powerful wordplay that forms the emotional core of this historical artwork

led by a flag bearer

Kansas City Monarchs 1945 Home All Star Baseball Cap pine cone Remembered for brokering a non-aggressionThis navy and gold All Star cap honors the year a rookie shortstop named Jack Roosevelt Robinson pulled on a Monarchs uniform for the first time, lit up the Negro American League with a batting average above . 370, and earned a starting spot on the West squad at the East West All Star Game in Chicago's Comiskey Park. Months later, Branch Rickey signed him to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, and the color line in Major League Baseball began to crack.