Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Boys Baseball Association
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 31, 2023
1. Boys Baseball Association Marker
Inscription.
Boys Baseball Association. . The Boys Baseball Association was founded in 1956 at the YMCA on Farish Street in Jackson by Curtis Coward, a local resident. With no baseball fields available for Black youth at the time, the first games were played at Brinkley Elementary-Junior High and G.N. Smith Elementary, both Black schools. Games were mostly played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. After the construction of Grove Park in 1959, games were played there. The Boys Baseball Association received its charter and incorporated on May 10, 1965.
The Boys Baseball Association was founded
in 1956 at the YMCA on Farish Street in
Jackson by Curtis Coward, a local resident.
With no baseball fields available for
Black youth at the time, the first games
were played at Brinkley Elementary-Junior
High and G.N. Smith Elementary, both
Black schools. Games were mostly
played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
After the construction of Grove Park in
1959, games were played there. The Boys
Baseball Association received its charter
and incorporated on May 10, 1965.
Erected 2022 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Location. 32° 21.066′ N, 90° 12.45′ W. Marker is in Jackson, Mississippi, in Hinds County. Marker is on Parkway Avenue south of Utah Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4126 Parkway Ave, Jackson MS 39213, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. C.M. and I. College (approx. 0.4 miles away); Medgar Evers Home (approx. ¾ mile away); Cassandra Wilson
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 31, 2023
2. Boys Baseball Association Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
