Bleachers in the Sun

The tall marquee that called attention to Nashville's famous ball field stood over the entrance to Sulphur Dell. It was quaint, colorful, and quirky, and was historic in what it represented in days gone by.

One aspect of the ballpark was historic, too: the Negro bleachers. In the days of segregation it was an aspect of an unfair time in the history of Nashville and as times began to change, they were no more. When the ballpark was closed and demolish in 1969, gone forever was the memory of the "bleachers in the sun."

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