DIVERSITY TALK EX-DODGER LOU JOHNSON SET TO RECALL PRE-ROBINSON DAYS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Former Dodgers outfielder ``Sweet'' Lou Johnson Louis Brown (Lou) Johnson (born September 22, 1934 in Lexington, Kentucky), nicknamed "Sweet Lou" and "Slick", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball. will talk Wednesday in Valencia about his early days in baseball -- in the days when the major leagues were closed to African-Americans. Johnson, who played in the old Negro Baseball Leagues, will speak at 7 p.m. in the Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
The free lecture is part of Santa Clarita's efforts to bring culture and diversity to a city rocked last year by complaints of racism on local campuses. City and school leaders at the time blamed rifts on the once predominantly white community's growing diversity and urged parents to work with their kids to celebrate the change rather than criticize it. Johnson will talk about America's black history as well as the Negro Leagues Negro leagues Associations of teams of black baseball players active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s. The principal leagues were the Negro National League, originally organized by Rube Foster in 1920, and the Negro American League, organized in 1937. , established in 1937 and disbanded over the years after Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson cracked the color barrier in 1946 and signed with the Dodgers. Hall-of-Famer Robinson's success opened the doors for a stream of black players in the major leagues. The city Human Relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas Forum plans a host of events through February. Last week the Veterans of World War II 442nd Regimental Combat Team A regimental combat team was a provisional major infantry unit of the United States Army during the Second World War and Korean War. The regimental combat team, or "R.C.T.", was formed by augmenting a regular infantry regiment with smaller tank, artillery, combat engineer, composed of Japanese-Americans spoke at Valencia High. While Japanese-Americans in the U.S. were interned during the war, those in Hawaii -- before it was a state -- were allowed to volunteer in their own regiment to fight for their nation. At the same lecture, members of the all-black Tuskegee Airman also spoke of their experiences in World War II. The airmen constituted the first African-American flying unit in the U.S. military. Over the weekend, a gypsy dance performance was held at the Canyon Country Library. An International Reading Festival is set for Nov. 8 for preschoolers and a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is planned for Jan. 15. Details about the city's Season of Diversity program are available at www.santa-clarita.com or by calling (661) 255-4918. |
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