Hamilton: The Story of Charleston's Cannon Street All-Stars Can't Be Told Enough

How Racism Crushed The Dreams Of An All-Black Little League Team

Members of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star YMCA team chat before a game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2011. Robert E. Pierre/The Washington Post via Getty Images Chris Lamb, Indiana University John Rivers, John Bailey, David Middleton, Leroy Major and Buck Godfrey – all teammates from the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Star team – left Charleston, South Carolina, on a bus on Aug. 18, 2025. After a stop at the Base…

Hamilton: The story of Charleston's Cannon Street All-Stars can't be told enough

The 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Stars will be honored at the Little League World Series this weekend. It's another opportunity to tell how their story reshaped youth baseball across America.

Let Them Play Cannon Street YMCA All Stars

Key takeaways The 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All Star team faced bigotry and boycotts in South Carolina White teams refused to play and the Black team advanced by forfeit Little League officials then ruled the team ineligible for the regional due to forfeit wins The players watched the 1955 World Series game in Williamsport and heard fans cry “Let them play” In August 2025, the surviving players retrace their journey from Charleston to Cooperstown…

Seventy years later, Cannon Street All-Stars still adding to Little League legacy | Baseball Hall of Fame

Seventy years later, Cannon Street All-Stars still adding to Little League legacy kkundahl Thu, 2025-08-21 11:36 Members of the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars shared their story over two days of programming at the Hall of Fame. Bill Francis Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 12:00pm Seventy years ago, a grave sporting injustice took place when a successful team of young boys were not allowed to play the National Pastime solely based on the color of …