For more information, e-mail info stunt3. In addition to the film screening, the event will also feature an appearance by Carolyn King, the pioneering baseball player from Ypsilanti whose lawsuit convinced Little League to drop its boys-only policy that year. Carolyn will answer questions from the audience following the showing, and will also be available for autographs and photographs after the show. Carolyn was the most famous little girl in America in the summer of , as her story played out on the evening news and on the front page of every newspaper in the country. She was just looking to play baseball when she tried out for the Ypsilanti American Little League that spring, but started making waves when she beat out several boys to win a spot on the Orioles. When the Orioles played their first game on May 11, , the event was covered by national news crews from CBS and NBC, along with a host of other reporters from around the country. In — thanks to Carolyn King of Ypsilanti — girls were able to legally play Little League baseball for the first time.
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