| Other author/creator | Long, Carl, 1935-2015, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Carl Long |
| Portion of title |
Carl Long |
| Abstract |
Baseball player and police officer Carl Russell Long was born on May 9, 1935 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Long graduated from West End School in Rockville, South Carolina. In 1951, at age sixteen, Long was recruited by the Negro Baseball League's Nashville Stars. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1952. In 1953, Long was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and hit 20 home runs for Class A team, St. Johns, Quebec. In 1955, he was the first African American to play for the Kinston, North Carolina Eagles. Long made the All Star Team. In 1956, Long injured his shoulder, never playing major league baseball again. In 1968, he was the first African American Deputy Sheriff in Lenoir County, North Carolina. In the 1970s, Long was the first black police detective in the history of Kinston. Long passed away on January 12, 2015 at age 79. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 November 21. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.246 HistoryMakers |
