Page Fence Giants
The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s. Formed through a partnership between black and white boosters, the team''s respectable four-year run was an early integration success--before integration was phased out decades ahead of Jackie Robinson''s 1947 debut, and the growing Jim Crow sentim...
The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s. Formed through a partnership between black and white boosters, the team''s respectable four-year run was an early integration success--before integration was phased out decades ahead of Jackie Robinson''s 1947 debut, and the growing Jim Crow sentim...
