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A League Of Friends
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A League Of Friends
This is the real meaning of friendship. Check it out these real men in their late sixties to early seventies who bonded together in 1963 while playing Little League Baseball on a team called Simpson Road Trojans from two sets of apartments in Atlanta, GA. They were the first African American Little League team in the Jim Crowe Era who should have made it to the Little League World Series but was denied. They beat everyone that was put in front of them to stop them from advancing to the Little League World Series. After that fail, they were stopped from advancing due to a minor technicality which was later fought hard by African American politicians in Atlanta, Ga. The Simpson Road Trojans went on to produce 2 MLB players,1 NFL Player, 1 Minor League Player, Military Officer, Bank President and more. As of today, their friendship still remains. They continue to provide moral support, financial assistance, and family hardship support with the drop of a hat. Their hearts go out to their former friends and teammates who are deceased, Melvin Slack, Stanley Cody, James Gullate, Gary Thrasher , Larry Malcolm, Jim Phillips. Other members, not shown on the picture are Raymond Kimber, Gregory Slack, and Warren Balam.
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These are the trailblazers back in the Jim Crow Era that made it impossible for Blacks youth baseball teams to be recognize and participate in major tournaments all over the USA. The Simpson Road Trojans from Atlanta, GA was consider one of the best youth baseball team in the country black of white and was denied a chance to participate in the Little League World Series. Read and watch there stories in their upcoming book call "A League Of Friends" in July and their movie which will air during Black History the movie will be out in the year 2026.Their story is not all about all the games they won with only two losses, it is about how they did it with a young coach who was only two years older than his team. Their community which back in the days was called the village all help the Simpson Road Trojans to become successful during their playing days. As of today the remaining teammates still are very, very close friends for over sixty years.
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Did you know? The 1211 Simpson Road Trojans were the first African-American Little League Baseball team during the Jim Crow Era. In 1963. Simpson Road Trojans baseball youth team that should have made it to the Little League World Series, but was denied. The Trojans beat everyone that was put in front of them to stop them from advancing to the Little League World Series. After that fail, they were stopped from advancing due to a minor technicality which was later fought hard by African-American politicians in Atlanta.
The Simpson Road Trojans went on to produce two MLB players, one NFL Player, 1 Minor League Player, Military Officer, Bank President and more. As of today, their friendship still remains. They continue to provide moral support, financial assistance, and family hardship support with the drop of a hat.
UP COMING EVENTS
The Movie Trailer For A League of Friends which the movie will will be coming to theater's across the country in the near future. Please stay tune for for further updates
