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The exhibition captures the excitement of the game, from
community baseball teams to the Major League, highlighting how
the game can bring people together regardless of race, class,
and gender. It will feature reproductions of historic and
personal photographs, and graphic elements as well as a short
bilingual video produced by “La Vida Baseball.”
Throughout the 20th century in the United States and Latin
America, baseball provided a path for a better future. Workers
in agriculture and industry in the United States used baseball
to make ends meet and as a socially acceptable space to find
community and organize for rights and justice.
“¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los Barrios
y las Grandes Ligas” has been made possible through close
collaborations with over 30 partners in 14 states, Washington,
DC, and Puerto Rico to help bring visibility to Latino community
histories through baseball. Smithsonian curators collaborated
with partners and local communities across the country to
document and preserve baseball stories at the heart of Latino
communities. The traveling exhibition will visit 15 cities
through 2025.
The Castle Museum of Saginaw County History is working closely
with our board member Larry Rodarte, editor of Mi Gente
magazine, on a local complimentary exhibit. In addition, the
Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame will be providing artifacts
and information from their collection to supplement this
intriguing look at baseball’s impact on the Latino community and
Saginaw County as a whole.
SITES and Smithsonian Affiliations are critical national
outreach units at the Smithsonian Institution. For more than 65
years, SITES has been connecting Americans to their shared
cultural heritage through a wide range of exhibitions about art,
science, and history. Smithsonian Affiliations establishes and
maintains the Smithsonian’s long-term partnerships with museums,
educational organizations, and cultural institutions in the
U.S., Puerto Rico, and Panama. Together, SITES and Affiliations
share the Smithsonian's vast resources with millions of people
outside Washington, D.C. Visit
http://sites.si.edu
and
https://affiliations.si.edu/
for more information.
The National Museum of American History explores the infinite
richness and complexity of American history. It helps people
understand the past in order to make sense of the present and
shape a more informed future. For more information, visit
http://americanhistory.si.edu.
About the Historical Society of Saginaw County
The Historical Society of Saginaw County is committed to serving
the community by telling the continuing story of the people of
the Saginaw region through exploration, preservation and
presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.
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