Baseball championship series
In the 1943 Negro World Series , the Washington Homestead Grays , champions of the Negro National League beat the Birmingham Black Barons , champions of the Negro American League , four games to three, with one tie. The games were played in seven different cities.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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