JP Smalls Park Crossword

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  1. 6. a community in Jacksonville that thrived during the Jim Crow era despite segregation and contains JP Small Park
  2. 7. The Legendary Stanton Baseball Coach that JP Small Park is currently named after
  3. 9. laws created to maintain racial segregation through separate and equal facilities for Black and White Americans. Although they were meant to be equal, these laws often provided Black Americans with less or lower quality resources and opportunities in comparison to white Americans
  4. 10. a previous name of JP Small Park, derived from Joseph H. Durkee and his family, a former Civil War Union Officer who owned the property of the JP Small Memorial Stadium
  5. 13. a period from 1887-1946 when great black baseball players, owners, managers, the black press, and fans had to play, watch, and write in the shadows
  6. 14. one of the several Black baseball players who played at JP Small Park on their way to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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  1. 1. JP Smalls Park was the location of some of the first games played by this newly integrated team.
  2. 2. laws used to restrict the rights of Black Americans
  3. 3. Jacksonville's only historic park
  4. 4. professional baseball teams in the United States that were comprised of only African Americans. This term was a product of segregation
  5. 5. the enforced separation of different racial groups
  6. 8. Jacksonville's only Negro League Team, which played at JP Small Park
  7. 11. the process of ending racial segregation and allowing black and white people to coexist in the same spaces.
  8. 12. one of the many major league teams that played at JP Small Park