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March 24, 2017

New opera tells heroic story of Negro Leagues star Josh Gibson

By BETH J. HARPAZ
AP Travel Editor

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Sean Gibson, the Executive Director of the Josh Gibson Foundation, holds a replica Pittsburgh Crawfords jersey as he poses next to a poster at the Pittsburgh Opera House in Pittsburgh for the upcoming opera about his great grandfather, baseball player Josh Gibson.

An opera about Negro Leagues baseball star Josh Gibson, whose power hitting rivaled Babe Ruth's, will have its world premiere in Pittsburgh in April.


 
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