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Iowa Floods Destroy Home of Negro League Star Art Pennington
Published 6/26/2008 by Thomas Wayne at Dugout Central
... a small museum devoted to the great men who played black baseball in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Pennington said he used to have people just stop by out of the blue and ask to look at all of the memorabilia; asking to look at the history. All of that is now gone. Pennington was away with a friend when the flood waters destroyed his home and what took him decades to collect. He is now virtually penniless. A Pay Pal fund has been set up at Pennington’s website: http://www.myspace.com/artpenningtonnegroleagueallstar194062 Do YOURSELF a favor; drop by ...

Jackie, Roberto and Art Pennington
Published 6/26/2008 by Bill Chuck at Dugout Central
... Now he’s living with a friend who set up a MySpace site hoping to get donations to help Pennington get back on his feet. ...

Dodger Thoughts: Floods Take Home, Collections of Negro League Star
Published 6/28/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... had lived in since 1985 was, in all actuality, a small museum devoted to the great men who played black baseball in the 1940's and 1950's. Pennington said he used to have people just stop by out of the blue and ask to look at all of the memorabilia; asking to look at the history. All of that is now gone. Pennington was away with a friend when the flood waters destroyed his home and what took him decades to collect. He is now virtually penniless. A Pay Pal fund has been set up at Pennington's website : Do YOURSELF a favor; drop by that site and take a little time to read about ...