Negro League Alumni All-Stars
Known for his Negro League baseball and Civil Rights movement photographs, Ernest Withers snapped this image of Roy Campanella’s All-Stars—black major leaguers who faced off against Negro League All-Star teams—during an autumn swing through the South. These exhibition games drew thousands of African-American fans, but as the Waco News Tribune reported in announcing an upcoming contest, there would be a segregated section for white spectators. Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and Don Newcombe also headlined off-season, all-star squads.