1951 Norton Little Leaguers broke barriers in Virginia
NORTON, Va. (WCYB) — In the small coalfield metropolis of Norton, Virginia, a historic marker tells a narrative far greater than baseball — a narrative of braveness, quiet defiance and a bunch of kids and adults who helped problem segregation in the early Nineteen Fifties. In 1951, as Virginia stood firmly entrenched in Jim Crow…
